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First published in 1560
First published in 1560
24. Of the Civil Magistrate
We confess and acknowledge empires, kingdoms, dominions, and cities to be distinguished and ordered by God a, the powers and authority in the same (be it of emperors in their empires, of kings in their realms, dukes, and princes in their dominions or of other magistrates in free cities) to be God’s holy ordinance b ordained for manifestation of His own glory and for the singular profit and commodity of mankind. So that whosoever goes about to take away or to confound the whole state of civil policies now long established, we affirm the same men not only to be enemies to mankind, but also wickedly to fight against God’s expressed will.
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