Wherefore ye must needs be subject
To the higher powers, to the civil magistrates; there is a
necessity of it, because magistracy is God's ordinance, it is for
the good of men; and such that oppose it will severely smart for
it: but subjection to it from Christians should be,
not only for wrath;
through fear of punishment, and for the sake of escaping it;
either the wrath of men or of God, in this or the other world:
but also for conscience sake:
to keep conscience clear, to exercise a good one void of offence
towards God and men; for natural reason, conscience itself,
dictates that there ought to be such order among men, that civil
government should take place, and ought to be submitted to.