"today the world stands and empires are preserved for no other reason than that God gathers a church for Himself in the midst of a perverse nation. The existence of a state and its administration must not be credited to princes or kings, who are generally ungodly and the very worst of men; but all things are preserved on account of the Word, Baptism, and the holy seed that is left in the church. For if the world were without godly men and those who are to be saved, it would not stand; and when the last saints are living, the Last Day will soon come. For God has no concern for the state and the household except for the sake of the church."
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