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Silas McKeen
Silas McKeen was an eighteenth-century American theologian and educator whose work bridged Enlightenment political philosophy and Reformed Protestant thought. His treatise Civil Government a Divine Institution articulated a theologically grounded defense of civil authority that influenced American religious discourse during the Revolutionary and early Federal periods. McKeen's intellectual contributions reflected the broader colonial effort to reconcile scriptural authority with emerging theories of governance and natural rights.
From Civil Government a Divine Institution
Resotvep, by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the thanks of the General Assembly be tendered to the Rev. Siras. McKeen, for his Election Sermon, and that the Secretary of State be directed to request a copy of said Sermon for the press, and to cause one thousand copies of said Sermon, when procured, to be printed for the use of the General Assembly. Ix House or Representatives, Oct. 10, 1857. Read and adopted. L. G. HINCKLEY, Ass’¢ Clerk. In Senate, Oct. 10, 1857. Read and adopted in concurrence. R. C. BENTON, Jr., Asst Sec’y. “ERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETS SONTPTHER VEOMONT SERMON. Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers; for there is no power but of God: the powers that be, are ordained of God. Whosoever, therefore,{resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a…
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