if one were to deny that Christian magistrates can adjudicate between true and false religion for civil society, insisting that this is the prerogative of the instituted church only, then the father in his household cannot adjudicate between true and false religion either, because his household is not the church, and all fathers lead their homes as fathers, not as pastors.21 To deny the possibility of a Christian magistrate entails denying the possibility of a Christian father.
