Steven R. Key

their submission to the state, not only by fear at the threat of punishment, but also, and especially, by gratitude to God for the relative order the state provides on behalf of the church and the Christian. One pays the taxes gladly when he remembers that the state, for all its corruption, great robberies of its citizens, and vile officials, still serves the church by maintaining the order within which the church can preach the gospel and worship and the Christian can live his holy, covenant...