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Page 74
... resistance on the part of the subject . Locke brought his powerful mind to overthrow this preposterous doctrine of pas- sive obedience and non - resistance ; but in his Trea- tise on Civil Government he introduced his theory of a Social ...
... resistance on the part of the subject . Locke brought his powerful mind to overthrow this preposterous doctrine of pas- sive obedience and non - resistance ; but in his Trea- tise on Civil Government he introduced his theory of a Social ...
Page 75
... resistance to tyrants is sometimes obedience to God . By his ordinance , as we have seen , civil authority is made a trust from the ruled to the rulers ; a trust committed to those who hold it , for a specified ob- ject , " for the ...
... resistance to tyrants is sometimes obedience to God . By his ordinance , as we have seen , civil authority is made a trust from the ruled to the rulers ; a trust committed to those who hold it , for a specified ob- ject , " for the ...
Page 76
... resistance becomes either wise or dutiful , forms an inquiry which must be left to the exercise of a sound wisdom seeking direc- tion , from both the word and the providence of God . There may be circumstances in which wisdom and duty ...
... resistance becomes either wise or dutiful , forms an inquiry which must be left to the exercise of a sound wisdom seeking direc- tion , from both the word and the providence of God . There may be circumstances in which wisdom and duty ...
Page 115
... resistance against it , that had there not been in this country a place of escape for the wronged and oppressed , an explosion would have been produced , causing blood to flow in tor- rents . Judge of it as the kings and princes of Eu ...
... resistance against it , that had there not been in this country a place of escape for the wronged and oppressed , an explosion would have been produced , causing blood to flow in tor- rents . Judge of it as the kings and princes of Eu ...
Page 213
... resistance , that it may please the Lord of Hosts , the God of Armies , to animate our officers and soldiers with invincible fortitude , to guard and protect them in the day of battle , and to crown the Continental Army , by sea and by ...
... resistance , that it may please the Lord of Hosts , the God of Armies , to animate our officers and soldiers with invincible fortitude , to guard and protect them in the day of battle , and to crown the Continental Army , by sea and by ...
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