The civil magistrate is a legitimate entity, separate from and not in competition with the kingdom of Christ.
Render to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.
From Abraham Booth’s “Essay on the Kingdom of Christ.”
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Speaking of the great commission, Fisher comments:
It may seem strange to us, but in the context of national churches there were more plausibility structures in place for this kind of argumentation. Nevertheless, Samuel Fisher says, “Really? Really??”
From Samuel Fisher’s “Babybaptism Mere Babism.”
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