The Lords and the People, Or, The Principles of Civil Government Illustrated: Under the Connexion of Religion with the State, and Nobility in Britain, Wherein the Causes which Led to the Dissolution of the Grecian Independence, and the Fall of the Roman Empire, are Applied to the Policy of the Present Times, and the Foundation of the English Constitution Displayed Under the Christian Covenant ; with a Vindication of the Church of England |
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... evil - to pre- serve the choice inheritance , which has been transmitted to us by our Christian forefathers ! The present position , and marked hostility of political parties , on questions affecting the temporal interests , and the ...
... evil - to pre- serve the choice inheritance , which has been transmitted to us by our Christian forefathers ! The present position , and marked hostility of political parties , on questions affecting the temporal interests , and the ...
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... Evil predominating in the moral World ! Ambition and the love of change , are the leading charac- teristic propensities of mankind , in every state approaching to civilization ; and these become enhanced , in proportion to the growing ...
... Evil predominating in the moral World ! Ambition and the love of change , are the leading charac- teristic propensities of mankind , in every state approaching to civilization ; and these become enhanced , in proportion to the growing ...
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... evil , by their impassioned appeals to the lower orders of the community , —their erratic attempts to secure popular applause and support , under the specious pro- mises of improving the condition of society , and with their varied ...
... evil , by their impassioned appeals to the lower orders of the community , —their erratic attempts to secure popular applause and support , under the specious pro- mises of improving the condition of society , and with their varied ...
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... evil has truly been a national one ; not confined to any one part or member of the social system , but ranging uncontrolled through the entire body politic , -ambition , flushed with success - luxury , over - trading , and interested ...
... evil has truly been a national one ; not confined to any one part or member of the social system , but ranging uncontrolled through the entire body politic , -ambition , flushed with success - luxury , over - trading , and interested ...
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... evil , if a proper advantage is taken of the crisis . The financial condition of the nation , may fairly be com- pared to that of a patient , labouring under a violent fever of protracted duration , where the reaction had hardly been ...
... evil , if a proper advantage is taken of the crisis . The financial condition of the nation , may fairly be com- pared to that of a patient , labouring under a violent fever of protracted duration , where the reaction had hardly been ...
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Page 213 - Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers...
Page 360 - I shall see him, but not n'ow; I shall behold him, but not nigh; There shall come a Star out of Jacob, And a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite the corners of Moab, And destroy all the children of Sheth.
Page 511 - Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 361 - And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me; Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
Page 77 - And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people?
Page 355 - Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered Thou sayest that I am a king. ' To this end was I born, and for this cause came, I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Page 463 - I wish POPULARITY, but it is that popularity which follows, not that which is run after. It is that popularity which, sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends by noble means.
Page 365 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 512 - It is a thing plainly repugnant to the Word of God, and the custom of the Primitive Church, to have public Prayer in the Church, or to minister the Sacraments, in a tongue not understanded of the people.
Page 359 - Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth...