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[Who then shall needless things impose]
It seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, &c.
—xv. 28.
Who then shall needless things impose
Their own authority to prove,
Or make new laws to govern those
That, subject to their Saviour's love,
Deny the Antichristian claim,
And bow to none but Jesus' name?
Their own authority to prove,
Or make new laws to govern those
That, subject to their Saviour's love,
Deny the Antichristian claim,
And bow to none but Jesus' name?
Authority in things Divine
Belongs to God and God alone:
Whate'er His oracles enjoin
Our only rule of life we own:
And rulers by His power are seal'd
To see the laws of Christ fulfill'd.
Belongs to God and God alone:
Whate'er His oracles enjoin
Our only rule of life we own:
And rulers by His power are seal'd
To see the laws of Christ fulfill'd.
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