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title: 'Essays on Rom. 13.1–7'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'William Louis Roberts'
date: 1847-05-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'Citizenship and Government'
- 'Providence'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 13'
- 'Jude 1'
- 'Numbers 16'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/roberts-1847-essays-on-rom-13-1-7
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# Essays on Rom. 13.1–7

Exposition of Romans 13:1–7 arguing civil government is a divine, moral ordinance ordained for the good of church and society; illegitimate or immoral powers lack God's authority.

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