Just found these two great quotes on Joshua Phillips' blog:True it is that God hath commanded kings to be obeyed, but like true it is, that in things which they commit against His glory or when cruelly without cause they rage against their brethren, the members of Christ's body, He hath commanded no obedience. Rather, He hath approved, yea, and greatly rewarded such as have opposed themselves to their ungodly commandments and blind rage. --John Knox
Law is inseparable from sovereignty; every word from a sovereign power is a binding word. Logically, there can only be one sovereign, and He is the Lord God of Scripture. ...To deny His laws in favor of another set of laws is to deny His doctrine in favor of a rival system. It is also a denial of His sovereignty in favor of another. --R. J. Rushdoony, Sovereignty
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what a simple but profound statement, to deny God's law or rules on any matter is to deny Him, in favor of another or yourself!
Also, the king and his subjects are his brethren, this idea came with the Reformation! Schaeffer's 'How should we then live?' book is awesome.
Truly, John Knox lived these words when he stood to the queen and her foul commands, at peril of his life. His refusal to obey her commands to dishonour God cost him, and angered her. He honoured God, she did not. He went on to greatness, she did not. Disobedience to a civil magistrate who commands to dishonour God is obedience to God. And Knox' reminder that, before God, we are all equal as brothers is profound. The kings in those times held themselves to be above "mere mortals", a mark of high pride. In the end, though, they were all proven to be "mere mortals", returning to dust as do we all.
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