A New Essay on Civil Power in Things Sacred: Or an Enquiry After an Establish'd Religion, Consistent with the Just Liberties of Mankind, ...M. Steen, 1739 - 110 pages |
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... ftill the particular Exe- cution of thefe Laws must be committed to many particular Magistrates or Officers , and they are usually fixed in a Subordination to one another , each of them fulfilling their fe- veral Posts throughout the ...
... ftill the particular Exe- cution of thefe Laws must be committed to many particular Magistrates or Officers , and they are usually fixed in a Subordination to one another , each of them fulfilling their fe- veral Posts throughout the ...
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... ftill really fcruple any particular Gesture or outward Sign , their Oath ex- prefs'd in full and strong Language should be taken without it . VII . If any particular Perfons of known Sobriety should declare folemnly , that from a ...
... ftill really fcruple any particular Gesture or outward Sign , their Oath ex- prefs'd in full and strong Language should be taken without it . VII . If any particular Perfons of known Sobriety should declare folemnly , that from a ...
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... were impofed with a Penalty ? • I must answer ftill , that Confcience in things relating to God must not be imposed F upon , a upon , nor can Men be obliged to alienate Sacred Sect . 4 . on thefe Publick Lectures . 33.
... were impofed with a Penalty ? • I must answer ftill , that Confcience in things relating to God must not be imposed F upon , a upon , nor can Men be obliged to alienate Sacred Sect . 4 . on thefe Publick Lectures . 33.
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... ftill more evident that no Perfon should be constrain'd against his Confcience to be a Reader of these Civil Lectures , who thinks either the reading it- felf or the time of reading to be unlawful or offenfive to God . And I think it ...
... ftill more evident that no Perfon should be constrain'd against his Confcience to be a Reader of these Civil Lectures , who thinks either the reading it- felf or the time of reading to be unlawful or offenfive to God . And I think it ...
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... ftill I fear the universal Attendance on this Worship could not be commanded under any Penalty , because all Chriftian People will not or cannot fatisfy their Confciences with the Salvo propofed ; and perhaps other Sects may dislike it ...
... ftill I fear the universal Attendance on this Worship could not be commanded under any Penalty , because all Chriftian People will not or cannot fatisfy their Confciences with the Salvo propofed ; and perhaps other Sects may dislike it ...
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Page 83 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Page 43 - And whatfoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jefus ; giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Page 9 - ... opinions and worship, with the interior principle and the external expressions of it, under the limitation just announced, he has nothing to do.* The principle that a civil government should interfere with religion, is surely a general one if it be true ; and it seems to lead to this conclusion, that, " if civil government did properly extend its authority to religion, and the things of future happiness, no government or governors could be said to be appointed of God who are of a false religion,...