...ecclesiastical as temporal, doth of right appertain to the king's highness. Neither do we give unto him hereby the administration of the word and sacraments, or the power of the keys : but that prerogative only, which we see to have been always given unto all godly princes in holy...

...section 3, contains this clause. After speaking of the general duty of the magistrate, it says : — " The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the...hath authority, and it is his duty to take order, &c., that all the ordinances of God be duly settled, administered, and observed." First of all they...

...adopted the whole of the Old Westminster Confession, which made it the duty of the civil magistrate "to take order, that unity and peace be preserved...church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline...

...xxiii. ' of the civil magistrate,' it is declared, ' civil magistrates may not assume to themselves the administration of the word and sacraments ; or the power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven ; or in the least interfere in matters of faith. Yet, as nursing-fathers, it is the duty of civil magistrates...

...is derived from him, it yet in-- culcates the duty of the Civil Magistrate to " take order thatnnity and peace be preserved in the Church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed — all corruptions and abuses in Worship and dis-:...

...worshippers reverence the one face and some the other, — on one of whose hrows is written, " the magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the word and sacraments," while the other exhihits — " yet he hath authority to take order that unity and peace be preserved...

...care of religion pertain to them, &c." The Westminster Confession, cap. xx. art. 4, teaches that " The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the...power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven; yet he has authority, and it is his duty, to take order, that unity and peace be preserved in the Church,...

...independence. Chapter xxiii., which speaks of the civil magistrate, in its third section, runs thus : " The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the...or the power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven ; y et he hath authority, and it is his duty, to take order that unity and peace be preserved in the...

...mind of God." As modified by ihe Associate Reformed Church this seciion reads as follows: "The eivil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration...the power of the keys of the kingdom of Heaven: yet, as the Gospel revelation lays indispensable obligations en all classes of people, who are favored with...

...xxiii. 'Of the civil magistrate,' it is declared, ' civil magistrates may not assume to themselves the administration of the word and sacraments ; or the power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven ; or in the least interfere in matters of faith. Yet, as nursing-fathers, it is the duty of civil magistrates...