Exhortations are to be Instructive and Doctrinal

"Exhortations should be Instructive and Doctrinal, Declaratory and Manifestative, as the Scriptures plainly show. We should find the Gospel in an exhortation, and not lose it there. An exhortation should be every way suited to the Gospel Profession in the Good News its self; and sinners are not to be told that the whole of exhortations are a practical point; for a great deal of them are Doctrinal and Instructive points; and he that never made this distinction in his very defence of exhortations, hath held forth rather his own darkness, than the Word of God hereabout, a Gospel Exhortation instructs into the objects, principles and springs of motion, agreeably with a new creature-change; and then under right discourses directs to the immediate duty of believing, repenting, &c." - Joseph Hussey, God's Operation of Grace, Pg. 386

Only the Gospel, not the Law, Saves

"The book of Judges speaks to all who are, by God's grace, given 'an ear to hear' God's message for our own day and our present condition, individually and as a nation. The message is one of the need for personal faith in the living God. And this, in the light of the whole Scripture, means nothing less than hearing Paul's words to the Philippian jailor: 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.' The society in which we live gives abundant and appalling evidence of the kind of spiritual and moral decay which kindled the anger of God against his own people and the heathen nations around them. Three millennia have passed since then, but human nature is in the same need as ever it was. But the Lord has not changed either: Jesus has come and died upon the cross as the once for-all sacrifice for sin. He has risen triumphant over death and the grave and reigns in glory as the Lord of all. His arm is not shortened that it cannot save. His message is one of hope and of victory for a darkening world." - Gordon J. Keddie, Even in Darkness, Pg. 2

Government and peace are antithetical

"Now there is something more for the government to encourage - peace. The sovereigns, who nowadays take counsel with their ministers, decide by their will alone whether the butchery of millions is to be begum this year or next. They know very well that all these discourses upon peace will not hinder them from sending millions of men to butchery when it seems good to them. They listen even with satisfaction to these discourses, encourage them, and take part in them. All this, far from being detrimental, is even of service to governments, by turning people's attention from the most important and pressing question: Ought or ought not each man called upon for military service to submit to serve in the army?" - Leo Tolstoy, The Kingdom of God is Within You, pg. 89-90

The government is antithetical to freedom

"In the same way [governments] pretend to support temperance societies, while they are living principally on the drunkenness of the people; and pretend to encourage education, when their whole strength is based on ignorance; and to support constitutional freedom, when their strength rests on the absence of freedom; and to be anxious for the improvement of the condition of the working classes, when their very existence depends on their oppression; and to support Christianity, whem Christianity destroys all government." - Leo Tolstoy, The Kingdom of God is within you, pg. 89

Christianity is not conditional and ought nought to be confused as such

"But Christians must stop confusing Christianity with Arminianism, Romanism, and medievalism. A Christian society is one that grows out of the truths of the Bible alone, not from the melange of Neoplatonism, Aristotelianism, and pagan superstition that characterized Europe for a millennium under the hegemony of Roman Church- State." - John W Robbins, Freedom And Capitalism, pg 183

Conservative is antichristian

"Conservatives are fond of saying that they, unlike the liberals, believe that man is depraved; that he is not by nature either good or perfectible. It is not enough to say that man is depraved, however, when one is discussing the relationship of Christianity to conservatism. The question is whether conservatives accept the Biblical doctrine of man's depravity - and the answer is that they do not. This can be most clearly seen in two areas: epistemology and ethics." - John W Robbins, Freedom and Capitalism, pg. 172 - 173

Christians have only one master

Daniel Musser "concludes his book by saying: 'Christians do not need government, and therefore they cannot either obey it in what is contrary to Christ's teaching nor, still less, take part in it.' Christ took his disciples out of the world, he says. They do not expect worldly blessings and worldly happiness, but they expect eternal life. The Spirit in whom they live makes them contented and happy in every position. If the world tolerates them, they are always happy. If the world will not leave them in peace, they will go elsewhere, since they are pilgrims on the earth and they have no fixed place of habitation. They believe that 'the dead may bury their dead.' One thing only is needful for them, 'to follow their master.' - Leo Tolstoy, The Kingdom of God is Within You, pg. 16

Non-Resistance and obeying evil government

"If we abide evil by our fundamental principle of not opposing evil by evil we cannot participate in sedition, treason, or violence. We shall submit to every ordinance and every requirement of government, except such as are contrary to the commands of the Gospel, and in no case resist the operation of the law, except by meekly submitting to the penalty of disobedience." - William Lloyd Garrison, Declaration of Sentiments Adopted By Peace Convention, found in Leo Tolstoy's "The Kingdom of God is Within You", pg. 6

When Politics and Religion unite

Messianism seems to blind its hosts to the painfully obvious facts of totalitarianism. - John W. Robbins, Freedom and Capitalism, pg. 120

The government ought not to use religious ideals for anything to promote their evil ideals.