Man Unfit to Govern Man: An Address to All who Profess to be Guided by the Religion of Jesus, Shewing that His Religion Sanctions No Political Interference with the Kingdoms of this WorldSherwood,Gilbert and Piper, 1833 - 92 pages |
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... , or any incon- sistency in my application of them , is nothing against the principles themselves . I feel they are in weak hands , and I now lay them before the world for the examination of C others ; and if some , more gifted by nature 2.
... , or any incon- sistency in my application of them , is nothing against the principles themselves . I feel they are in weak hands , and I now lay them before the world for the examination of C others ; and if some , more gifted by nature 2.
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... feel no inclination to take part in the exciting struggles of the day . I am not unmoved at the sight of injustice , nor insensible to the pleasures of a successful combat . If I were led by my inclinations alone , I should oft , like ...
... feel no inclination to take part in the exciting struggles of the day . I am not unmoved at the sight of injustice , nor insensible to the pleasures of a successful combat . If I were led by my inclinations alone , I should oft , like ...
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... feel it necessary in this introduction , to make ( perhaps at the expense of repetition ) my object and hypothesis clearly understood . It will be borne in mind , then , that my question is not whether civil governments be neces- sary ...
... feel it necessary in this introduction , to make ( perhaps at the expense of repetition ) my object and hypothesis clearly understood . It will be borne in mind , then , that my question is not whether civil governments be neces- sary ...
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... feel anxious to proceed to more direct arguments as immediately deducible from the dispensation of Jesus ; but we cannot entirely pass over the selection of the Israelites as a people , and I would ask at the onset , is there any thing ...
... feel anxious to proceed to more direct arguments as immediately deducible from the dispensation of Jesus ; but we cannot entirely pass over the selection of the Israelites as a people , and I would ask at the onset , is there any thing ...
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... feel that he is equal with his brother magistrate on the Bench . While one has arbitrary power and the other not , one rights which the other may not exercise , one honours of which the other is deprived , there can be none of that ...
... feel that he is equal with his brother magistrate on the Bench . While one has arbitrary power and the other not , one rights which the other may not exercise , one honours of which the other is deprived , there can be none of that ...
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Page 66 - But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
Page 76 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 9 - By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son : that in blessing I will bless thee...
Page 34 - Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his mercy ; To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
Page 65 - No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
Page 54 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them : and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands ; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Page 61 - Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 69 - Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God : therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew Him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God...
Page 57 - For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die : but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
Page 52 - But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the Prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judea flee to the mountains?