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title: 'Fugitive Slave Law: The Religious Duty of Obedience to Law'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Ichabod Smith Spencer'
date: 1850-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'Slavery'
- 'Citizenship and Government'
scriptures:
- 'Titus 3'
- 'Romans 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/spencer-1850-fugitive-slave-law-the-religious-duty-of-obedience-to-law
---

# Fugitive Slave Law: The Religious Duty of Obedience to Law

1850 sermon arguing civil government and law are ordained by God; Christians must obey magistrates and laws except when they conflict with God's commands. Delivered amid Fugitive Slave Law debate.

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