he magistrates are and remain-'God's servants.' They have to recognise God as Supreme Ruler, from Whom they derive their power. They have to serve God, by ruling the people according to His ordinances . . . and God's supremacy is to be recognised by confessing His name in the Constitution as the Source of all political power . . . Therefore in order that they may govern, according to His holy ordinances, every magistrate is duty bound to investigate the rights of God . . . Not to subject himself to the decision of any Church, but in order that he himself may catch the light which he needs for the knowledge of the Divine will." - Abraham Kuyper in Lectures on Calvinism
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he magistrates are and remain-'God's servants.' They have to recognise God as Supreme Ruler, from Whom they derive their power. They have to serve God, by ruling the people according to His ordinances . . . and God's supremacy is to be recognised by confessing His name in the Constitution as the Source of all political power . . . Therefore in order that they may govern, according to His holy ordinances, every magistrate is duty bound to investigate the rights of God . . . Not to subject himself to the decision of any Church, but in order that he himself may catch the light which he needs for the knowledge of the Divine will." - Abraham Kuyper in Lectures on Calvinism
