The Voluntary System. A Prize Essay, in Reply to the Lectures of Dr. Chalmers on Church Establishments |
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Page 16
... morals . " Not a question of morals ! when every subject in the kingdom is robbed for the support of the church ; forced to diffuse what his conscience condemns ; punished if he refuse to the words of men the homage which God alone ...
... morals . " Not a question of morals ! when every subject in the kingdom is robbed for the support of the church ; forced to diffuse what his conscience condemns ; punished if he refuse to the words of men the homage which God alone ...
Page 17
... morals and eloquence , is generally found to end sooner or later in disregard for national character and national faith . * * " Ipsa consuetudo , " says Cicero , though in a somewhat dif- ferent sense " ipsa consuetudo assentiendi ...
... morals and eloquence , is generally found to end sooner or later in disregard for national character and national faith . * * " Ipsa consuetudo , " says Cicero , though in a somewhat dif- ferent sense " ipsa consuetudo assentiendi ...
Page 83
... moral pestilence , which may work to the dissolution of the whole body of discipline . As the priest should cast him out of the church , so the civil ruler , charged as he also is to keep religion pure , should expel him from the soil ...
... moral pestilence , which may work to the dissolution of the whole body of discipline . As the priest should cast him out of the church , so the civil ruler , charged as he also is to keep religion pure , should expel him from the soil ...
Page 104
... moral support of their people ; they are not only promoted for secular services , but alto- gether independent of ... morals both of the clergy and of the people . . . . So small a matter as the appointment of a parish - priest ...
... moral support of their people ; they are not only promoted for secular services , but alto- gether independent of ... morals both of the clergy and of the people . . . . So small a matter as the appointment of a parish - priest ...
Page 107
... moral support have originated many * Psalm cxxxiii . 3. " There , God commanded the blessing : " Energy , happiness , ( " life , " ) and unity , are under the gospel indis- soluble . Isaiah , Ix . 16-18 . Lowth . of the doctrines of ...
... moral support have originated many * Psalm cxxxiii . 3. " There , God commanded the blessing : " Energy , happiness , ( " life , " ) and unity , are under the gospel indis- soluble . Isaiah , Ix . 16-18 . Lowth . of the doctrines of ...
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Page 48 - If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal thin'gs...
Page 117 - Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness" sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Page 169 - Human laws are measures in respect of men whose actions they must direct, howbeit such measures they are as have also their higher rules to be measured by, which rules are two, the law of God, and the law of nature; so that laws human must be made according to the general laws of nature, and without contradiction to any positive law of scripture, otherwise they are ill made.
Page 140 - Then to advise how war may best upheld Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all her equipage ; besides, to know Both spiritual power and civil, what each means, What severs each, thou hast learned, which few have done. The bounds of either sword to thee we owe; Therefore on thy firm hand Religion leans In peace, and reckons thee her eldest son.
Page 41 - And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's: it is holy unto the Lord.
Page 47 - Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only. For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity. Not because I desire a gift : but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
Page 134 - And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet, for a testimony against them. Verily, I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Page 8 - And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
Page 196 - For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared unto all men, teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously and godly, in this present world...
Page 176 - I take to be a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together of their own accord in order to the public worshipping of God in such manner as they judge acceptable to him, and effectual to the salvation of their souls.