Is Submission to Tyrants the Historic Christian Position?

Todd Friel claimed that his view of Romans 13 is the historic Christian position. What did Luther, Calvin, Knox, and Aquinas have to say on the topic? Watch the full episode of The Liberator Podcast in which we responded to Friel's arguments about abolitionism and the doctrine of the lesser magistrates here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt3r7jPYTdo