...(certainly not ma less) degree than from any others. They briefly describe the office of " civil governors, the punishment of evil-doers, and the praise of them that do well ;" from which description of the use of government, they justly infer the duty of subjection ; which...

...nut in a less) degree than from any others. Thej briefly describe the office of " civil governors, the punishment of evil-doers, and the praise of them that do well ;" from which description of the use of government, they justly infer the duty of subjection ; which...

...not in a less) degree than from any others. They briefly describe the office of " civil governors, the punishment of evildoers, and the praise of them that do well:" from which description of the use of government, they justly infer the duty of subjection ; which duty,...

...the Prince of tlie kings of the earth^, hath deputed them for a work, similar to his own final one, the punishment of evildoers, and the praise of them that do well J ; and consequently will inform themselves concerning both. He needed not, when upon earth, that any...

...not in a less) degree than from any others. They briefly describe the office of " civil governors, the punishment of evil-doers, and the praise of them that do well;" from which description of the use of government, they justly infer the duty of subjection ; which duty,...

...not in a less) degree than from any others. They briefly describe the office of " civil governors, y thank thcc, for that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us, who ;" from which description of the use of government, they justly infer the duty of subjection ; which...

...sake ; whether it be to the king, as supreme ; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and the praise of them that do well."^ For spiritual or ecclesiastical governors, thus we are commanded : " Obey them that have the rule over...

...Lord's sake, whether it be to the king as supreme, or to governours, as unto them that are sent by him for the : for so is the will of God," &c. This epistle Peter wrote, not only to private persons, but those...

...the peculiar servants of God. St. Peter, likewise, briefly describing the office of "civil governors, the punishment of evil-doers, and the praise of them that do well," justly infers, from the use of government, the duty of subjection; which duty, being as extensive as...

...authority derived from Him whose authority is supreme. They are, according to Scripture, "ordained of God for the punishment of evil-doers, and the praise of them that do well." They are indispensably necessary to secure the rights of individuals — to maintain the general interests...