The Old Whig ; Or, The Consistent Protestant, Volume 1W. Wilkins, A. Ward, R. Hett, A. Millar, and J. Gray, 1739 - Church and state |
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... laws which lay restraints and penalties on Protestant Diffenters ; perfons , who , as we think , have fhewn themselves the ftedfaft friends of liberty and this establishment . It is indeed true , that they were OLD WHIGGS who first made ...
... laws which lay restraints and penalties on Protestant Diffenters ; perfons , who , as we think , have fhewn themselves the ftedfaft friends of liberty and this establishment . It is indeed true , that they were OLD WHIGGS who first made ...
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... law and by religion to be executed by Patricians only , who being orthodox by birth , could only take the auspices ; which facred cere- mony was necessary in every act of government . THE Plebeians defired these laws might be repealed ...
... law and by religion to be executed by Patricians only , who being orthodox by birth , could only take the auspices ; which facred cere- mony was necessary in every act of government . THE Plebeians defired these laws might be repealed ...
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their mistake . With thefe laws all pretenfions of faction were taken away alfo . Real and per- Jonal merit ( fays a judicious writer , fpeaking of this period ) was now chiefly regarded in the di- ftribution of Honours ; fo that this ...
their mistake . With thefe laws all pretenfions of faction were taken away alfo . Real and per- Jonal merit ( fays a judicious writer , fpeaking of this period ) was now chiefly regarded in the di- ftribution of Honours ; fo that this ...
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... laws of reafon and religion to confult and promote , as far as he is able , the welfare of others , efpecially the publick good of that fociety of which he is a member ; on the fafety and happiness of which , his own perfonal intereft ...
... laws of reafon and religion to confult and promote , as far as he is able , the welfare of others , efpecially the publick good of that fociety of which he is a member ; on the fafety and happiness of which , his own perfonal intereft ...
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... mankind , and particularly in a warm and habitual concern for , and refolution to support , all the just laws and privileges of the British British nation . It confiders our princes as invested with N ° 2 . The OLD WHIG . 13.
... mankind , and particularly in a warm and habitual concern for , and refolution to support , all the just laws and privileges of the British British nation . It confiders our princes as invested with N ° 2 . The OLD WHIG . 13.
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Page 109 - The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered, according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 257 - It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.
Page 34 - Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith : and yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another.
Page 353 - And all and every such person and persons so to be admitted, as aforesaid, shall also receive the sacrament of the Lord's supper, according to the usage of the Church of England, within three months after his or their admittance in or receiving their said authority and employment, in some public church, upon some Lord's day, commonly called Sunday, immediately after divine service and sermon.
Page 162 - Solomon's account in the text, — that becaufe fentence againft an evil work is not executed fpeedily, therefore the hearts of the fons of men are fully fet in them to do evil.
Page 34 - God's Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another. Wherefore, although the Church be a witness and a keeper of Holy Writ, yet, as it ought not to decree any thing against the same, so besides the same ought it not to enforce any thing to be believed for necessity of Salvation.
Page 353 - Westminster, or at the assizes, every such person and persons shall be disabled from thenceforth to sue or use any action, bill, plaint or information in course of law, or to prosecute any suit in any court of equity, or to be guardian of any child, or executor or administrator of any person, or capable of any legacy or deed of gift, or to bear any office...
Page 102 - A strange presumption in the ecclesiastical judges to require that the King's courts should not do that which by law they ought to do, and always have done, and which by oath they are bound to do ! And if this shall be holden inconvenient, and they can in discharge of us obtain some Act of Parliament to take it from all other courts than the Chancery, they shall do unto us a great ease : but the law of the realm cannot be changed but by Parliament, and what relief or ease such an Act may work to...
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Page 226 - ... for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it fo expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another. Wherefore although the Church be a...