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... fear of one an- other ; nay , a war that is managed by Armies , is also or- dered by Government , because many muft agree for mu- tual defence : but elfe , every man would be against another , and they would be as fo many fighting Cocks ...
... fear of one an- other ; nay , a war that is managed by Armies , is also or- dered by Government , because many muft agree for mu- tual defence : but elfe , every man would be against another , and they would be as fo many fighting Cocks ...
Page 46
... fear of God , and the fenfe of his Government , in a great degree ; when yet most of them have fome conviction that there is a God , who Ruleth all , and to whom they must be accountable : What then would they be , if they once believed ...
... fear of God , and the fenfe of his Government , in a great degree ; when yet most of them have fome conviction that there is a God , who Ruleth all , and to whom they must be accountable : What then would they be , if they once believed ...
Page 47
... fear of Rebellions , and the peoples vindicating nufpiam . Quod fi their liberties would reftrain them . juftitia eft obtempe- ratio fcriptis legibus , Anfw . Only fo far as they feel themselves unable to do inftitutifq ; populo hurt ...
... fear of Rebellions , and the peoples vindicating nufpiam . Quod fi their liberties would reftrain them . juftitia eft obtempe- ratio fcriptis legibus , Anfw . Only fo far as they feel themselves unable to do inftitutifq ; populo hurt ...
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... fear any , or avoid any ! Let but a man leave any thing undone , ( if it be nourishing his children , defending his King , loving God or man ) and he may thence conclude that it never was his duty : Let him but do any thing that he hath ...
... fear any , or avoid any ! Let but a man leave any thing undone , ( if it be nourishing his children , defending his King , loving God or man ) and he may thence conclude that it never was his duty : Let him but do any thing that he hath ...
Page 68
... fear left his true obedience to fuch a Governour should prove his final detriment or burt : but if Cleanthes , Cum ali- I. No man can reasonably think , that God is less able to Because God bath pe- nalties to promote obe- reward ...
... fear left his true obedience to fuch a Governour should prove his final detriment or burt : but if Cleanthes , Cum ali- I. No man can reasonably think , that God is less able to Because God bath pe- nalties to promote obe- reward ...
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Page 261 - For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground : he hath no form nor comeliness ; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Page 214 - And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
Page 17 - God leadeth thee to repentance? but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgement of God...
Page 282 - All, and in all ; of whom, and through whom, and to whom, are all things, to whom be glory for ever. — Amen.
Page 19 - He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
Page 217 - them, -It is not for you to know the times or the feafonSj which *' the Father hath put in his own power ; but ye fhall receive power '* after that the Holy Ghoft is come upon you ; and ye fhall be wit". nefles unto me, both in Jerufalem, and in all Judea^ and in Sa" maria, and unto the uttermqft parts of the earth.
Page 19 - He that committeth fin is of the devil ; for the devil finneth from the beginning. For this purpofe the Son of God was manifefted, that he might deftroy the works of the devil.
Page 394 - ... sinners may be a warning ; or whether the new earth, wherein righteousness must dwell, according to God's promise, 2 Pet. iii. 12, 13, shall not have use of this warning to keep them in their righteousness ? As long as all these things are probable, and the contrary utterly uncertain, how foolish a thing is it to go from the light of a plain revelation and Scripture, and argue, from our dark uncertainties...
Page 463 - As thou art the agent and advocate of Jesus my Lord, O plead his cause effectually in my soul against the suggestions of Satan and my unbelief; and finish his healing, saving work, and let not the flesh or world prevail. Be in me the resident witness of my Lord, the author of my prayers, the spirit of adoption, the seal of God, and the earnest of mine inheritance.
Page 419 - ... were suddenly converted by the preaching of the apostles at the first. And in how little time there were churches planted abroad the world : and then, how the Roman empire was brought in, and subdued to Christ, and crowns and sceptres resigned to him ; and all this according to his own prediction, that when he was lifted up, he would draw all men to him ; and according to the predictions of his prophets.