Paragraph 24.3

Of the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith

Civil magistrates being set up by God for the ends aforesaid; subjection, in all lawful things commanded by them, ought to be yielded by us in the Lord, not only for wrath, but for conscience’ sake;⁠1 and we ought to make supplications and prayers for kings and all that are in authority, that under them we may live a quiet and peaceable life, in all godliness and honesty.⁠2

The Westminster Confession of Faith (1646)

23.4

It is the duty of people to pray for magistrates,⁠1 to honor their persons,⁠2 to pay them tribute and other dues,⁠3 to obey their lawful commands, and to be subject to their authority, for conscience' sake.⁠4 Infidelity or difference in religion doth not make void the magistrate's just and legal authority, nor free the people from their due obedience to him:⁠5 from which ecclesiastical persons are not exempted;⁠6 much less hath the Pope any power or jurisdiction over them in their dominions, or over any of their people; and least of all to deprive them of their dominions or lives, if he shall judge them to be heretics, or upon any other pretense whatsoever.⁠7