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title: 'Obedience to Human Law: A Discourse Delivered on the Day of Public Thanksgiving, December 12, 1850, in the Brainerd Presbyterian Church, New York'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Asa Dodge Smith'
date: 1851-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'Citizenship and Government'
scriptures:
- 'Titus 3'
- 'Romans 13'
- 'Acts 5'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/smith-1851-obedience-to-human-law-a-discourse-delivered-on-the-day-of-public-thanksgiving-december-12-1850-in-the-brainerd-presbyterian-church-new-york
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# Obedience to Human Law: A Discourse Delivered on the Day of Public Thanksgiving, December 12, 1850, in the Brainerd Presbyterian Church, New York

1850 sermon: civil government is ordained by God, not a mere social contract; calls for obedience to magistrates but allows limited resistance, even revolution.

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