Calvinism - pagina 131

CALVINISM AND POLITICS. even

the

From

of God.

sovereignty

absolute

12/ this 07ie

source, in God, sovereignty in the vtdividttal sphere, in

the family and in every social

circle,

is

just as directly

derived as the supremacy of State-authority. These two

must therefore come have

same

the

obligation

sacred

God-given sovereign

and both

understanding,

an

to

and

authority

to

maintain their

make

to

subser-

it

vient to the majesty of God.

A people

therefore which abandons to State

Supremacy

the right of the family, or a University which abandons to

of science,

the rights

it

as a nation which lays

And

magistrates.

its

thus

just as guilty before

is

hands upon the rights of the

the

struggle for liberty

only declared permissible, but individual in his

own

God,

sphere.

is

made

And

is

not

a duty for each

not as was done

this

French Revolution, by setting God aside and by

in the

man on

placing

the throne of God's Omnipotence; but

on the contrary, by causing included, to

bow

all

men, the magistrates

in deepest humility before the

majesty

God Almighty.

of

As

third

and

last part of this lecture, the discussion

remains of a question yet more one,

difficult

than the previous

namely how we must conceive of the Sovereignty

the Chtcrch in the State.

of I

call

this

a

difficult

problem, not because

doubt

as to the

conclusions,

assent

to

these

conclusions.

American

life,

all

or because For,

as

I

in

doubt your

far

uncertainty in this respect

by what your Constitution

am

I

as

regards

is

removed

at first declared

— and

has

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