Calvin's Institutes: October 25
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Calvin's Institutes: October 25
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Calvin presses the magistrate to remember whose seat he holds. The tribunal is the throne of the living God. An unjust sentence pollutes it. The same thought is the consolation: the work is not a profane trade. It is an embassy.
To revile the office is to assail the One who gave it. Christ’s word to the disciples was about their own ministry, not a ban on kings. Forms of polity differ. Monarchy slides toward tyranny, aristocracy toward faction, popular rule toward sedition. He prefers several rulers where the choice is open, because men are defective. Where God has already appointed a form, the private wish for another is useless and harmful. The duty covers both tables: the honour of God, and justice to the poor, the stranger, and the innocent.
Today’s Reading John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 4, Chapter 20, Sections 6–9
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