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Therefore, if the king or the emperor bid one thing, and God another, we must obey God, and contemn and not regard neither king nor emperor.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Therefore, if the king or the emperor bid one thing, and God another, we must obey God, and contemn and not regard…”
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Sumner asserts that divine command should take precedence over human authority.
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