Moral Character of Civil Government: Considered with Reference to the Political Institutions of the United States,in Four LettersW.C. Little, 1832 - 72 páginas |
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... fact of the existence of a political power , but the possession by it of those attributes which fit it to answer the ends of its institution , that makes it the moral ordinance of God . * Prop . 44 . Usurpers have obtained power over ...
... fact of the existence of a political power , but the possession by it of those attributes which fit it to answer the ends of its institution , that makes it the moral ordinance of God . * Prop . 44 . Usurpers have obtained power over ...
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... facts we have the foundation of the whole matter . The application of the principle so far as this discussion is concerned , is very easy indeed . " Civil government is not founded in grace . " God has not founded it there , and man may ...
... facts we have the foundation of the whole matter . The application of the principle so far as this discussion is concerned , is very easy indeed . " Civil government is not founded in grace . " God has not founded it there , and man may ...
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... fact . And let it be observed , what- ever may be the defects of political institutions , the unceasing aim of the christian will be , in all his deportment under them , to bring them to subserve the high interests of our rational ...
... fact . And let it be observed , what- ever may be the defects of political institutions , the unceasing aim of the christian will be , in all his deportment under them , to bring them to subserve the high interests of our rational ...
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... fact just stated speak for themselves ; and , whatever the mere party caviller may say , candour will have no difficulty in understanding their lan- guage . Who , then , is right ? He who misnames this an immoral and infidel government ...
... fact just stated speak for themselves ; and , whatever the mere party caviller may say , candour will have no difficulty in understanding their lan- guage . Who , then , is right ? He who misnames this an immoral and infidel government ...
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... fact would soon teach him another and sounder lesson . ment . * A blasphemer was indicted in 1810 , and tried and convicted before Justice Spencer , at the June term , 1811 , of the Court of Oyer and Terminer for Washington county ...
... fact would soon teach him another and sounder lesson . ment . * A blasphemer was indicted in 1810 , and tried and convicted before Justice Spencer , at the June term , 1811 , of the Court of Oyer and Terminer for Washington county ...
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