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... Civil Government 292 2. How Subjection to Civil Government is main- tained .. 296 3. The Duty of Submission to Civil Government explained ... .. 302 4. Of the Duty of Civil Obedience , as stated in the Christian Scriptures 314 5. Of ...
... Civil Government 292 2. How Subjection to Civil Government is main- tained .. 296 3. The Duty of Submission to Civil Government explained ... .. 302 4. Of the Duty of Civil Obedience , as stated in the Christian Scriptures 314 5. Of ...
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... civil law and with the jurisprudence of Germany , to answer precisely the design of a system of ethics - the direction of private consciences in the gener- al conduct of human life . Perhaps , indeed , they are not to be re- garded as ...
... civil law and with the jurisprudence of Germany , to answer precisely the design of a system of ethics - the direction of private consciences in the gener- al conduct of human life . Perhaps , indeed , they are not to be re- garded as ...
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... civil life . The reader becomes impatient when he is detained by disquisi- tions which have no other object than the settling of terms and phrases ; and , what is worse , they for whose use such books are chiefly intended , will not be ...
... civil life . The reader becomes impatient when he is detained by disquisi- tions which have no other object than the settling of terms and phrases ; and , what is worse , they for whose use such books are chiefly intended , will not be ...
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... civil authority ; namely , that such speculations possess little or no influence upon the conduct either of the state or of the subject , of the governors or the governed ; nor are attended with any useful consequences to either ; that ...
... civil authority ; namely , that such speculations possess little or no influence upon the conduct either of the state or of the subject , of the governors or the governed ; nor are attended with any useful consequences to either ; that ...
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... civil authority which are displayed in the works of Mr. Locke . The credit of that great name , the cour- age and liberality of his principles , the skill and clearness with which his arguments are proposed , no less than the weight of ...
... civil authority which are displayed in the works of Mr. Locke . The credit of that great name , the cour- age and liberality of his principles , the skill and clearness with which his arguments are proposed , no less than the weight of ...
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Page 271 - See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
Page 172 - But now I have' written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Page 315 - Lord's sake : whether it be to the king, as supreme ; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by Him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men : as free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
Page 171 - And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 200 - For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
Page 165 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled ; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Page 271 - Tomorrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto the Lord ; bake that which ye will bake today, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
Page 314 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: 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, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Page 131 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: But I say unto you, Swear not at all...
Page 243 - ... looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.