The Lords and the People, Or, The Principles of Civil Government Illustrated: Under the Connexion of Religion with the State, and Nobility in Britain, Wherein the Causes which Led to the Dissolution of the Grecian Independence, and the Fall of the Roman Empire, are Applied to the Policy of the Present Times, and the Foundation of the English Constitution Displayed Under the Christian Covenant ; with a Vindication of the Church of EnglandW. Edwards, 1835 - 559 páginas |
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... as it has ever done , its own punish- ment ! The occasional beauties and popular fame of the refined Freethinker , have encouraged a host of aspiring adventurers for literary fame , and for political purposes , a 2 PREFACE . ix.
... as it has ever done , its own punish- ment ! The occasional beauties and popular fame of the refined Freethinker , have encouraged a host of aspiring adventurers for literary fame , and for political purposes , a 2 PREFACE . ix.
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... ment . The outline is presented , and the candid inquiring reader referred , wherever it appears necessary , to those standard authorities , ancient and modern , to whose research , penetration , and general learning , the author is ...
... ment . The outline is presented , and the candid inquiring reader referred , wherever it appears necessary , to those standard authorities , ancient and modern , to whose research , penetration , and general learning , the author is ...
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... ment heedlessly to the prevailing cavillatio captiosa , against the evidence of plain understanding ; nor place implicit re- liance on the assumed Wisdom of any Man , or set of Men , however bright their oratorical powers , or ...
... ment heedlessly to the prevailing cavillatio captiosa , against the evidence of plain understanding ; nor place implicit re- liance on the assumed Wisdom of any Man , or set of Men , however bright their oratorical powers , or ...
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... ment of a national provision for this important object . The formation of many societies apparently for the perversion , rather than the extension of sound principles , renders such a step more imperative at this time , than at any ...
... ment of a national provision for this important object . The formation of many societies apparently for the perversion , rather than the extension of sound principles , renders such a step more imperative at this time , than at any ...
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... ment , will not stand the calm criticism of futurity , whatever certain busy Doctrinaires may inculcate . Let us carry on our work of political regeneration under the sole influence of those sound ethical principles , which , disdaining ...
... ment , will not stand the calm criticism of futurity , whatever certain busy Doctrinaires may inculcate . Let us carry on our work of political regeneration under the sole influence of those sound ethical principles , which , disdaining ...
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Página 213 - Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers...
Página 360 - I shall see him, but not n'ow; I shall behold him, but not nigh; There shall come a Star out of Jacob, And a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite the corners of Moab, And destroy all the children of Sheth.
Página 511 - Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Página 361 - And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me; Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
Página 77 - And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people?
Página 355 - Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered Thou sayest that I am a king. ' To this end was I born, and for this cause came, I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Página 463 - I wish POPULARITY, but it is that popularity which follows, not that which is run after. It is that popularity which, sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends by noble means.
Página 365 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Página 512 - It is a thing plainly repugnant to the Word of God, and the custom of the Primitive Church, to have public Prayer in the Church, or to minister the Sacraments, in a tongue not understanded of the people.
Página 359 - Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth...