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Discussion of George Gillespie's Wholesome Severity Reconciled with Christian Liberty
Re: WF: I do not know how to respond to my e-mail from youguys? 
Subject: Re: WF: I do not know how to respond to my e-mail from youguys?
From: Richard Bacon 
Date: Mon, 05 May 1997 16:14:01 -0500

At 01:26 PM 5/5/97 -0400, Rev. Chuck Baynard wrote:

>IMO this sword cuts two ways... Can anyone point to an abundance of
>scripture where God says anything about the pattern of civil government
>positive or negative? It would seem all are speaking from silence, which is
>no voice at all.

I disagree.  There is a multitude of *Scripture* that speaks to the
subject.  It is only when we artificially restrict our sources to
the "red letter" parts of the Bible that we have the difficulty of
"silence."

Still, if Chuck means that the Bible does not prescribe a republic as
opposed to a monarchy, I will agree that it does not do so with
absolute certainty.  But if Chuck's reply was intended to say that
there are no (or few) prescriptions for the magistrate in God's word,
then I will simply disagree for now.  I rather suspect that quite a
many will be adduced in the coming weeks.


Dick Bacon
Poster of the text and keeper of the order.