The Churchman Armed Against the Errors of Time, Volume 3J. J. Stockdale, 1814 - Tract societies |
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... magistrate possesses this right by the law of nature . Because the magistrate , as guardian of the public civil good , is of course concerned with the outward behaviour of his subjects . He cannot therefore be indifferent to their ...
... magistrate possesses this right by the law of nature . Because the magistrate , as guardian of the public civil good , is of course concerned with the outward behaviour of his subjects . He cannot therefore be indifferent to their ...
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Scripture , the duty of a magistrate to encourage truth and piety . The fourth chapter meets the grand objection , that , according to this system , it may become the duty of a magistrate to support falsehoods , or erroneous forms of ...
Scripture , the duty of a magistrate to encourage truth and piety . The fourth chapter meets the grand objection , that , according to this system , it may become the duty of a magistrate to support falsehoods , or erroneous forms of ...
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... MAGISTRATE'S RIGHT TO SUPPORT AND EN- COURAGE TRUE RELIGION BY HUMAN LAWS IS ASSERTED , AGAINST THE MODERN PLEADERS FOR AN ABSOLUTE , UNRESTRAINED TOLERATIOŃ . BY HENRY STEBBING , M.A. PREFACE . THE late controversies having led me to ...
... MAGISTRATE'S RIGHT TO SUPPORT AND EN- COURAGE TRUE RELIGION BY HUMAN LAWS IS ASSERTED , AGAINST THE MODERN PLEADERS FOR AN ABSOLUTE , UNRESTRAINED TOLERATIOŃ . BY HENRY STEBBING , M.A. PREFACE . THE late controversies having led me to ...
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... magistrate's authority as it is originally in itself , or abstracted from all limitations which revelation may have introduced : the other considers it as relative to the authority of the church , which , though it does not destroy the ...
... magistrate's authority as it is originally in itself , or abstracted from all limitations which revelation may have introduced : the other considers it as relative to the authority of the church , which , though it does not destroy the ...
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... magistrate can do in this case , is to do nothing . After all , I am sensible , that the ensuing tract is so disproportionate to what the subject might very well bear , that I venture not to give it any higher title than that of an ...
... magistrate can do in this case , is to do nothing . After all , I am sensible , that the ensuing tract is so disproportionate to what the subject might very well bear , that I venture not to give it any higher title than that of an ...
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Page 28 - And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence and gave them to the host, and said unto him, 'Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
Page 18 - Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked...
Page 133 - Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles...
Page 18 - I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot : I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Page 21 - God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked ; that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
Page 24 - So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions ? if the Lord be God, follow him : but if Baal then follow him.
Page 20 - Now, I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you ; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment.
Page 13 - Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ : that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel...
Page 154 - And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
Page 156 - And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul : for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.