How did John Locke's and Thomas Hobbes' religious views influence their thoughts on government and society?

As an atheist, Thomas Hobbes’ believed that the church should be under the government. According to him, the church would become too powerful, and a civil war concerning religion could emerge if the church would not be under the close supervision of the king. Hobbes wrote that if a dispute occurred between religious and royal law, the people were to comply with the king. Thus, if an individual would not take the king’s side, they were to be executed. Hobbes was pointing out the necessity to obey the king as opposed to following religious rules.

John Locke was a Protestant, and he was against King James II, who was a Catholic. Locke was a supporter of the Protestant Parliament in the Glorious Revolution of 1685. The Revolution resulted in the Parliament becoming the dominant authority of the English government. According to Locke, the law-making legislature, such as the Protestant Parliament, should be the sovereign government of England, with the prime minister and other officials being under the authority of the parliament. In his book, The Two Treatises of Government, Locke argued that all men are free and equal and he was against the idea of God wanting the people to obey a king. Additionally, he supported the idea of people revolting against a king.