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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... these their Reprefentatives , which are chofen anew by the People as often as they think fit , or at annual or any ... Societies again , which have made a Compound Government out of feveral of thefe ; fo the ancient Roman Go ...
... these their Reprefentatives , which are chofen anew by the People as often as they think fit , or at annual or any ... Societies again , which have made a Compound Government out of feveral of thefe ; fo the ancient Roman Go ...
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... Societies for religious Purposes , with this Provifo of the Safety of the State , there the State has not only no ... these inviolable Rights of Confcience ; and they are obliged by their Office to maintain thefe Rights of their ...
... Societies for religious Purposes , with this Provifo of the Safety of the State , there the State has not only no ... these inviolable Rights of Confcience ; and they are obliged by their Office to maintain thefe Rights of their ...
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... these Matters at convenient Seafons ... III . ( 2. ) I think the fupreme Power may require alfo that amongst the Addreffes or Prayers for temporal Bleffings which are of fer'd up to their God by any Societies of Men , there should be ...
... these Matters at convenient Seafons ... III . ( 2. ) I think the fupreme Power may require alfo that amongst the Addreffes or Prayers for temporal Bleffings which are of fer'd up to their God by any Societies of Men , there should be ...
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... these united themselves in little So- cieties by agreement to affemble together at certain Seasons , and worship God ... Societies of Men under the fame Civil Government , united to- gether by peculiar Agreements among them- felves ...
... these united themselves in little So- cieties by agreement to affemble together at certain Seasons , and worship God ... Societies of Men under the fame Civil Government , united to- gether by peculiar Agreements among them- felves ...
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... these Societies and their Officers , in all things which relate to the Peace and Welfare of the Nation or the Ci- ty ; and none of them have any Right to do any thing contrary to the Good of the City , or the Civil Government ... As for ...
... these Societies and their Officers , in all things which relate to the Peace and Welfare of the Nation or the Ci- ty ; and none of them have any Right to do any thing contrary to the Good of the City , or the Civil Government ... As for ...
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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,...