The absurdity and perfidy of all authoritative toleration of ... heresy ... in Britain, in two letters to a friend1803 |
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... used only with their own character . Men fcrupled at the power afcribed to the magistrate in religious matters in our Confef- fion , & c . No proof of error was adduced . No judicial reasoning was inftituted on the point . A cool and ...
... used only with their own character . Men fcrupled at the power afcribed to the magistrate in religious matters in our Confef- fion , & c . No proof of error was adduced . No judicial reasoning was inftituted on the point . A cool and ...
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... used in common . 8. If other men's private judgment be allowed to be their fupreme rule and reafon of conduct , it will neceffarily follow , that magistrates ' private judgment must be the rule of their conduct ; and that they ought to ...
... used in common . 8. If other men's private judgment be allowed to be their fupreme rule and reafon of conduct , it will neceffarily follow , that magistrates ' private judgment must be the rule of their conduct ; and that they ought to ...
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... If the devil , who deceiveth the world , get in- to men's confcience by his ftrong delufions , hath God alloted him that as a quiet city of refuge , from which no means ought to be used to diflodge him 62 Objections in favour of Toleration.
... If the devil , who deceiveth the world , get in- to men's confcience by his ftrong delufions , hath God alloted him that as a quiet city of refuge , from which no means ought to be used to diflodge him 62 Objections in favour of Toleration.
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John Brown. which no means ought to be used to diflodge him , and from which he may use the whole man unre- ftrained in his fervice , in facrificing children to Moloch , murdering faints , blafpheming God , & c . ? 4. Where is your proof ...
John Brown. which no means ought to be used to diflodge him , and from which he may use the whole man unre- ftrained in his fervice , in facrificing children to Moloch , murdering faints , blafpheming God , & c . ? 4. Where is your proof ...
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... used , only in the name of Jefus Chrift , as Head of his . Church , 2 Cor . i . 24. x . 4 , 5 , 8. xiii . 8 , 10. ii . 6- 10. 1 Cor . v . 4 . 4. Civil and ecclefiaftical power differ in their PROPER END of Herefy , Blafphemy , & c ...
... used , only in the name of Jefus Chrift , as Head of his . Church , 2 Cor . i . 24. x . 4 , 5 , 8. xiii . 8 , 10. ii . 6- 10. 1 Cor . v . 4 . 4. Civil and ecclefiaftical power differ in their PROPER END of Herefy , Blafphemy , & c ...
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abfurd Affembly againſt alfo ANSW authority bind blafphe blafphemy and idolatry caufe cenfure Chrift Chriftian Chron Church Church-rulers cife civil law command Confeffion of Faith contrary covè covenanters Deut doctrine duty ecclefiaftical encourage eſtabliſhed exercife faft fame fave fervants fhall fhould fociety folemn fome fpiritual ftrates fubfcribed fubjects fubordination fuch fupreme fworn giftrates glory God's gofpel grofs herefy hath heretics himſelf holy honour idolaters itſelf Jefus Chrift Jehoshaphat judge King of nations kingdom lefs licenfe ligion Lord magiftrates magiftratical manifeft men's confcience minifters moft moſt muft murder muſt national covenant neceffary oath obftinately obligation ordinance perfons Pfal Pfalm pofterity prefent pretend profeffed profeffion promifes promote protection puniſh Purchaſe reafon refpect reftrain religion religious render reprefented rulers Scripture Synod thefe Theff themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe toleration true religion Truth unto uſe vicegerents vows welfare word worfe worship xvii xviii
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Page 52 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page 17 - And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake.
Page 140 - God's approbation of obedience, and what blessings they may expect upon the performance thereof, although not as due to them by the law as a covenant of works : so as a man's doing good, and refraining from evil, because the law encourageth to the one, and deterreth from the other, is no evidence of his being under the law, and not under grace.
Page 4 - The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the word and sacraments, or the power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven ; yet he hath authority, and it is his duty, to take order, that unity and peace be preserved in the church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered, and observed.
Page 4 - God, and for their publishing of such opinions, or maintaining of such practices as are contrary to the light of nature, or to the known principles of Christianity, whether concerning faith, worship or conversation, or to the power of godliness, or such erroneous opinions or practices, as either in their own nature, or in the manner of publishing or maintaining them, are destructive to the external peace and order which Christ hath established in the church, they may lawfully be called to account,...
Page 21 - Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and to keep my judgments and do themm.
Page 43 - For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: 2. Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
Page 14 - Ye know, that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you ; but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister ; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant, even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Page 172 - We noblemen, barons, knights, gentlemen, citizens, burgesses, ministers of the Gospel, and commons of all sorts in the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, by the providence of God living under one King, and being of one reformed religion; having before our eyes the glory of God, and the advancement of the kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ...
Page 43 - For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.