The Independent Whig: Or, A Defence of Primitive Christianity, and of Our Ecclesiastical Establishment, Against the Exorbitant Claims and Enchroachments of Fanatical and Disaffected Clergymen ..., Volumen1John Trenchard, Thomas Gordon J. Peele, 1753 Vol. 2 contains also "The Craftsman: a sermon, or paraphrase ... composed in the style of the late Daniel Burgess," and other additional papers. |
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... give me your Thanks , what- ever may have been the Success of my En- deavours . A 2 THE THE many wild and unfcriptural Claims ftarted , and impetuously Of the Contempt of the Clergy, Of the Explication of the Scripture, Page XXV.
... give me your Thanks , what- ever may have been the Success of my En- deavours . A 2 THE THE many wild and unfcriptural Claims ftarted , and impetuously Of the Contempt of the Clergy, Of the Explication of the Scripture, Page XXV.
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... give up its Authority ; nor will the People intirely part with their Senfes . And for the Bi- fhop of Rome , you would do well to re- member A 5 member what tender Ufage your Pre- deceffors received at his DEDICATION . ix Of ...
... give up its Authority ; nor will the People intirely part with their Senfes . And for the Bi- fhop of Rome , you would do well to re- member A 5 member what tender Ufage your Pre- deceffors received at his DEDICATION . ix Of ...
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... gives us up a Prey to thofe Men , whofe Strength lies in our Weakness , whofe Profperity is owing to our Undoing ? This is what it has always done , and what it does at this Day in Spain , Italy , and other Prieft - ridden Countries ...
... gives us up a Prey to thofe Men , whofe Strength lies in our Weakness , whofe Profperity is owing to our Undoing ? This is what it has always done , and what it does at this Day in Spain , Italy , and other Prieft - ridden Countries ...
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... when we behold them inceffantly . contending for , and pursuing Power upon Earth , which is inconfiftent with the Ways of Heaven ? It is time , high time , Gentlemen , to give over , and to remember , that we B 3 to DEDICATION . xxix.
... when we behold them inceffantly . contending for , and pursuing Power upon Earth , which is inconfiftent with the Ways of Heaven ? It is time , high time , Gentlemen , to give over , and to remember , that we B 3 to DEDICATION . xxix.
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... give over , and to remember , that we neither want Eyes nor Memory . THERE has been a long and almoft ge- neral Charge against the Clergy of all Ages and Countries , for neglecting to preach and enforce , as much and as clearly as they ...
... give over , and to remember , that we neither want Eyes nor Memory . THERE has been a long and almoft ge- neral Charge against the Clergy of all Ages and Countries , for neglecting to preach and enforce , as much and as clearly as they ...
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Página 39 - Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind ; neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Página 81 - Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
Página 39 - SON JESUS CHRIST, for the forgiveness of our sins, did shed out of His most precious Side both water and blood ; and gave commandment to His disciples, that they should go teach all nations, and baptize them In the Name of the FATHER, the SON, and the HOLY GHOST...
Página 31 - Belief or disbelief," says Dr. Whitby, "can neither be a virtue nor a crime, in any one who uses the best means in his power of being informed. If a proposition is evident, we cannot avoid believing it, and where is the merit or piety of a necessary assent ? If it is not evident, we cannot help rejecting it, or doubting of it; and where is the crime of not performing impossibilities, or...
Página 31 - If it is not evident, we cannot help rejecting it, or doubting of it; and where is the crime of not performing impossibilities, or not believing what does not appear to us to be true ?" Throughout the world belief depends chiefly upon localities, and the accidents of birth.
Página 25 - Their business afterwards is not to find out what is truth, but to defend the received system, and to maintain those doctrines which are to maintain them. Not only their present revenues and subsistence, but all their expectations, are annexed to certain opinions, established for the most part by popes and synods, in corrupt and ignorant...
Página 58 - And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue : whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
Página 79 - ... that such form and manner of making and consecrating of archbishops, bishops, priests, deacons, and other ministers of the Church, as by six prelates, and six other men of this realm, learned in God's law, by the king's majesty to be appointed and assigned, or by the most number of them shall be devised for that purpose, and set forth under the great seal of England, before the first day of April next coming...
Página 31 - If a proposition is evident, we cannot avoid believing it ; and where is the merit or piety of a necessary assent ? If it is not evident, we cannot help rejecting it or doubting of it ; and where is the crime of not performing impossibilities, or not believing what does not appear to us to be true...
Página 98 - Popish clergy will laugh in their sleeves at this advice, and think there is folly enough yet left among the laity to support their authority ; and will hug themselves, and rejoice over the ignorance of the Universities, the stupidity of the drunken squires, the panic of the tender sex, and the never-to-be-shaken constancy of the multitude.