But if we have respect to the word of God, it will lead us farther,
and make us subject not only to the authority of those princes who
honestly and faithfully perform their duty toward us, but all princes,
by whatever means they have so become, although there is nothing they
less perform than the duty of princes. .. Still all alike possess that
sacred majesty with which he has invested lawful power. ... in so far as public obedience is concerned, he is to be held in the same honour and reverence as the best of kings.- Calvin, Institutes,4.20.4.25
"Our Lord Jesus is His people’s representative. When He died for them, they had rest; when he rose again for them, they had liberty; when He sat down at His Father’s right hand, they had favour, and honour, and dignity."- Spurgeon Library @SpurgeonMBTS
We are all members one of another ... in the concept of the Church on earth, the Body of Christ ... we learn or interdependence ... and the great truth that we do not achieve happiness or salvation in isolation from each other but as members of society. - Margaret Thatcher, speech at St Lawrence Jury, London, 30 Mar 1978 in The Mighty and the Almighty by by Nick Spencer p3
I remember being very frightened indeed when France collapsed because I thought it was going to be us next. Really frightened. Until I heard the speech that Churchill made on the radio about fighting on the beaches. I suddenly wasn't frightened anymore. It was quite amazing. - Joan Seaman, London civilian, quoted in Churchill & Orwell: The Fight for Freedom by Thomas E. Ricks p100
Wherefore no man can doubt that civil
authority is, in the sight of God, not only sacred and lawful, but the
most sacred, and by far the most honourable, of all stations in mortal
life. - Calvin, Institutes,4.20.4
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