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... act in subserviency to this great end , the preservation of the purity of their faith and worship . In this there was a very material difference between them and pagan nations . In these last , the established superstition , in whatever ...
... act in subserviency to this great end , the preservation of the purity of their faith and worship . In this there was a very material difference between them and pagan nations . In these last , the established superstition , in whatever ...
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... act solely in subordination to the spiritual courts , which could overrule the proceedings of the secular , whilst their own were not lia- ble to be overruled by any . The civil magistrate who might be compelled to execute their ...
... act solely in subordination to the spiritual courts , which could overrule the proceedings of the secular , whilst their own were not lia- ble to be overruled by any . The civil magistrate who might be compelled to execute their ...
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... obtained , in a country , a legal establishment , in preference to every other mode , there has been a strong tendency in the acts of the legislature to confound civil rights and civil authority ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY . 37.
... obtained , in a country , a legal establishment , in preference to every other mode , there has been a strong tendency in the acts of the legislature to confound civil rights and civil authority ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY . 37.
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... act as an ecclesiastical court , is evident , not only from the nature of the thing , but from this further considera- tion , its not being in these , at least , in what relates to churches , manses and glebes , as in all other matters ...
... act as an ecclesiastical court , is evident , not only from the nature of the thing , but from this further considera- tion , its not being in these , at least , in what relates to churches , manses and glebes , as in all other matters ...
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... act as a judge . Whether it is a real advantage to us to possess this kind of secular authority , is a question foreign to my present purpose . For my own part , I am strongly inclined to think , that if the legislature had made proper ...
... act as a judge . Whether it is a real advantage to us to possess this kind of secular authority , is a question foreign to my present purpose . For my own part , I am strongly inclined to think , that if the legislature had made proper ...
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Page 86 - But be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth : for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Page 98 - The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him : Neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Page 18 - It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus...
Page 160 - Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
Page 28 - Agree with thine adversary quickly, whilst thou art in the way with him ; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
Page 159 - By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Page 226 - Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
Page 501 - I am the better pleased with the method of reasoning here delivered, as I think it may serve to confound those dangerous friends or disguised enemies to the Christian Religion, who have undertaken to defend it by the principles of human reason. Our most holy religion...
Page 85 - And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
Page 126 - Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.