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154* Christ's dominion leads to perfect goodness (: and they that follow him follow a king whose rule was ushered in with the words,

They who submit to the will of Jesus Christ and to his sweet truth will have peace on earth through him and no one else They shall be like sheep following his voice; they hear him and he will give them eternal life. And nobody will take them from his hands, for they hear and know his voice and live in his perfection, rejoicing that they are counted worthy to suffer dishonor for his name. Even the Scripture gives this interpretation when it says,

They, the sons of wisdom who trust in him will understand the truth, and, faithfully clinging to him in love, they will gladly do his will.

(:How different is the secular authority with its compulsion and force!:) Therefore a faithful Christian who is a servant of Christ and of his perfect rule cannot be a king with un-Christian authority and with rights contrary to the law of Christ lest he pollute the blessed ferment of the wine with stinking poison

Matt. 16:24.

Gen. 4:7.

Luke 2:14.

John 10: 3–4

Acts 5:41.

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Wisdom of Solomon, 3:9.

Luke 2:14.

John 10: 3–4

Acts 5:41.

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Wisdom of Solomon, 3:9.