"A world contrary to God must be kept within bounds by the world’s sword. But true Christians love God and their neighbors as themselves; they commit no evil by the grace of God. It is not necessary to compel them to goodness since they know better what is good than the law imposing authority."
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Petr Chelčický, Net of Faith (1443), E. Molnár, trans. (1947), Chapter 95.
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