The Works of John Locke, Volume 6Thomas Tegg, 1823 |
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... method . Though if infidels were to be converted by force , if those that are either blind or obstinate were to be drawn off from their errors by armed soldiers , we know very well that it was much more easy for him to do it with armies ...
... method . Though if infidels were to be converted by force , if those that are either blind or obstinate were to be drawn off from their errors by armed soldiers , we know very well that it was much more easy for him to do it with armies ...
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... method of propagating truth ; which has no such way of prevailing , as when strong arguments and good reason are joined with the softness of civility and good usage . Nobody therefore , in fine , neither single persons , nor churches ...
... method of propagating truth ; which has no such way of prevailing , as when strong arguments and good reason are joined with the softness of civility and good usage . Nobody therefore , in fine , neither single persons , nor churches ...
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... the use of the severest methods , viz . carefully and impartially to weigh the whole matter , and thereby to remove that prejudice which makes you yet favour some remains of persecution : promising myself that so ingenious a person.
... the use of the severest methods , viz . carefully and impartially to weigh the whole matter , and thereby to remove that prejudice which makes you yet favour some remains of persecution : promising myself that so ingenious a person.
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... methods ( viz . depriving men of estates , corporal punishment , starving and tormenting them in prisons , and in the end even taking away their lives , to make them Christians ) are so very improper in respect to the design of them ...
... methods ( viz . depriving men of estates , corporal punishment , starving and tormenting them in prisons , and in the end even taking away their lives , to make them Christians ) are so very improper in respect to the design of them ...
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... method is , " Punish them , to make them consider such reasons and arguments as are pro- per to convince them . " Which is just such justice , as it would be for the magistrate to punish you for not being a Cartesian , " only to bring ...
... method is , " Punish them , to make them consider such reasons and arguments as are pro- per to convince them . " Which is just such justice , as it would be for the magistrate to punish you for not being a Cartesian , " only to bring ...
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Page 500 - Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand ; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive : for the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed ; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Page 521 - Predestination to Life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour.
Page 464 - And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season ? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Page 524 - Sound speech, that cannot be condemned ; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
Page 66 - All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. What man is he that feareth the Lord ? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
Page 485 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Page 121 - ... for the punishment of evil-doers, and the praise of them that do well.
Page 454 - Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you : but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Page 84 - Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes...
Page 45 - I say, first, no opinions contrary to human society, or to those moral rules which are necessary to the preservation of civil society, are to be tolerated by the magistrate.