What Divine Duty Has The Civil Magistrate Toward The First Table of The Law? (1)

So reads the question that was given the undersigned by the League of Men's Societies -- a question that was answered on the last meeting of the League. And the request was to publish the answer in this magazine. The publication of this article is a compliance with this request. It would seem that the view prevailing among many people of Reformed persuasion of this day is that the magistrate has a duty toward the first table of the law. A Christian Reformed Synod some years ago (Acts, Synod,...