The magistrate is set up that he may guard the rights of every member of the community — protect the weak against the strong — restrain all violence — promote every good work, and so secure the welfare of the whole community; but surely, as God’s “servant,” he must have a special concern for the name, and cause, and kingdom of God, as these are, in a still higher sense, intrusted [sic] to the faithful, and exemplified in them.

James M. Wilson, Civil Government: An Exposition on Romans XIII. 1-7 (Philadelphia: William S. Young, 1853), 65.