For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject,... Letters and Papers of the Late Rev. Thomas Scott - Page 181by Thomas Scott - 1825 - 324 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Ussher - 1631 - 636 pages
...yet when the one of them swayed the sceptre, St. Paul told the Christian Romans, that they " must0 needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake :" and of the causeless fear of the other, these verses of Sedulius are solemnly sung in the Church of Rome,... | |
| John Hey - Emotions - 1801 - 278 pages
...Magistrate is " the *' Minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon " him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be " subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience " sake." Rom. xi;i. 4. 5. Even over religious Societies authority cannot be maintained without... | |
| 1802 - 374 pages
...indifferent. for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute UTath upon him that doeth evil. 5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. 6 For, for this cause pay ye tribute also : for they are God's ministers, attending... | |
| 1804 - 476 pages
...: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. 5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience' sake. 6 For, for this cause pay ye tribute also : for they are God's ministers, attending... | |
| Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1804 - 380 pages
...subject f 5 Peter, it. 13, 14. to to principalities and powers, says St. Paul, and obey magistrates*. Ye must needs be subject not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake "I*. Render therefore to all, their dues, tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to... | |
| William Paley - Ethics - 1806 - 502 pages
...vain : for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. For, for this cause pay you tribute also : for they are God's ministers, attending... | |
| Robert Leighton, George Jerment - Theology - 1806 - 468 pages
...him. To him be praise .' Amen. ' Job .\.\ii. 21. SJERMON x. ROMANS xiii. .5, 6, 7, 8. // 'here fore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake, Sec. Oice no man any thing, but to love one another, &c. THE wisdom and goodness of... | |
| 1807 - 570 pages
...for he is the minister- of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him- that doeth evil. 5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. . • -, 6 For for this cause p»y ye tribute also : for they are God's ministers,... | |
| Robert Robinson - 1807 - 384 pages
...vain : for he is the minister of God; a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil, Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. For, for this cause pay ye tribute also : for they are God's ministers, attending... | |
| Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - Presbyterian Church - 1808 - 486 pages
...resisteth the ordinance of God. For rulers are not a terrour to good works, but to the evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience' -sake *. Such passages as these, there is little danger of our misunderstanding at present,... | |
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