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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Page 19
... worship'd Idols or false Gods , did believe that these invisible Powers would punish Injustice and Fraud among Men ... Publick Sect . 2. and an Oath neceffary . 19.
... worship'd Idols or false Gods , did believe that these invisible Powers would punish Injustice and Fraud among Men ... Publick Sect . 2. and an Oath neceffary . 19.
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... worship feveral Gods , who yet may be ufe- ful Members of the State ; they may heartily agree to an original Compact of Government , and may feal it fincerely with an Oath ; they may dread the Vengeance of their Gods fall- ing upon them ...
... worship feveral Gods , who yet may be ufe- ful Members of the State ; they may heartily agree to an original Compact of Government , and may feal it fincerely with an Oath ; they may dread the Vengeance of their Gods fall- ing upon them ...
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... publick Worship under severe Penalties , which would justify other Magiftrates in enacting such Laws , yet the the nature of the thing ( if fuch Lectures of Sect . 4. on these Publick Lectures . 31.
... publick Worship under severe Penalties , which would justify other Magiftrates in enacting such Laws , yet the the nature of the thing ( if fuch Lectures of Sect . 4. on these Publick Lectures . 31.
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... worship their God upon his own appointed Day , with what they suppose to be his own instituted F 2 Forms Forms or peculiar Modes of Worship : al- ways fuppofing Sect . 4. on thefe Publick Lectures . 35.
... worship their God upon his own appointed Day , with what they suppose to be his own instituted F 2 Forms Forms or peculiar Modes of Worship : al- ways fuppofing Sect . 4. on thefe Publick Lectures . 35.
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... Worship : al- ways fuppofing , as before hinted , that the reading the Laws of the Land , or rather fhort Abftracts ... publick and establish'd Lec- tures , as might not give offence to the Con- sciences of any of their Subjects as ...
... Worship : al- ways fuppofing , as before hinted , that the reading the Laws of the Land , or rather fhort Abftracts ... publick and establish'd Lec- tures , as might not give offence to the Con- sciences of any of their Subjects as ...
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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,...