Calvinism a life-system - pagina 109

CALVINISM AND POLITICS. against the

But he

evil.

instituted

by God

preserve

the

more.

is

Besides

His Servant,

as

in

work of God,

glorious

humanity, from total

that

instrumentality.

He might

the strivings

of

terrible right of

be,

he

is

may

God's

God's honour, as

Thus God, ordain-

order that, through their

in

maintain His justice against

has given

sin, life

order that he

Sin attacks

justice,

the supreme Artificer and Builder.

ing the powers

all this

in the creation of

destruction.

handiwork, God's plan, God's

105

and death.

to

the magistrate the

Therefore

the powers

all

that be, whether in empires or in republics, in cities or in

rule

states,

'•''by

reason justice

same motive every

of GodT

the grace

a holy character.

bears

citizen

bound

is

from dread of punishment, but Further as

such,

Calvin has

government itself

to obey, not only

sake of conscience.

expressly stated that authority,

and

instituted

is

well

It is

known

in

what form

monarchy, as government. a sinless

if this

were the divine and

reveals

For had

state.

will return, in the all

absolutely

and

sin not entered,

glory to come,

in all.

ideal

for a

form of

would have been the case

^This indeed

have remained the sole king of all men, and

be

it

that personally he preferred a

and that he cherished no predilection

republic^

will

from the

no way affected by the question, how a

in

is

for the

For the same

And

God would

this condition

when God once more

God's own direct government

monarchical)

no

in

monotheist

will

deny

is it.

But Calvin considered a co-operation of many persons under

mutual

control,

i.e.,

a republic, desirable,

that a mechanical institution of government

by reason of

sin.

is

now

necessitated

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