For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. (Gal. 1:10) What Scripture requires of us is obedience to God and the defense of God’s realm. The tax revolt, while against a form of taxation which Scripture does not permit, is a defense of one’s own wealth or money rather than God’s Kingdom. Thus, Grotius on two counts strayed radically from the faith. First, while formally retaining God’s sovereignty, he insisted that
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