Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
... From Scripture we learn that neither hath the Magistrate any power, but for our good only [Romans 13:4], nor yet hath the Church any power, but for our edification only [Ephesians 4:12]. Law-makers therefore may not enjoin quod-libet, that which liketh them, nay nor always quod licet, that which is in itself lawful, but only quod expedit, that which is expedient and good for edifying. ...
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George Gillespie on magisterial and ecclesiastical power being used for edification
Aquinas holdeth with Isidore, that a human Law (among other conditions of it) must both be necessary for removing of some evil, and likewise profitable for guiding us to some good. … Human Laws (in…
