An Essay Concerning the Divine Right of TithesR. Grant & Sons, 1700 - 192 pages |
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... ment than the Quakers . His Fancy was too Predomi nant for his Judgment . His Ta- lent lay fo much in Satyr that he hated Reasoning . Or rather , he got not leave to make use of it , while he wrote for Hire against his own Opinion ...
... ment than the Quakers . His Fancy was too Predomi nant for his Judgment . His Ta- lent lay fo much in Satyr that he hated Reasoning . Or rather , he got not leave to make use of it , while he wrote for Hire against his own Opinion ...
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... ment . Men cannot Live long upon one Meal , though never fo Plentiful . And a Man is not faid to Live upon a Dainty , which he but feldom Taftes . What a Man Lives upon , is his Dai- ly Food . And the Just cou'd not be faid to Live by ...
... ment . Men cannot Live long upon one Meal , though never fo Plentiful . And a Man is not faid to Live upon a Dainty , which he but feldom Taftes . What a Man Lives upon , is his Dai- ly Food . And the Just cou'd not be faid to Live by ...
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... ment of God over All things : Because that whoever had a Juft and True Apprehenfion of the Sovereign Power of the Almighty , muft fee that all Ser cond Caufes were fo Abfolutely in His Hands , as that they had no Force or Virtue at all ...
... ment of God over All things : Because that whoever had a Juft and True Apprehenfion of the Sovereign Power of the Almighty , muft fee that all Ser cond Caufes were fo Abfolutely in His Hands , as that they had no Force or Virtue at all ...
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... ment now extant of the Old Tefta- ment . And this cannot be Deny'd to it , it being Generally Quoted , not only by the Apostles , but the Fathers of the first 400 Years . And as to this prefent Text , Gen. iv . 7 , it is Quoted ...
... ment now extant of the Old Tefta- ment . And this cannot be Deny'd to it , it being Generally Quoted , not only by the Apostles , but the Fathers of the first 400 Years . And as to this prefent Text , Gen. iv . 7 , it is Quoted ...
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... ment for it from God ; and Deliver'd the fame to his Children . * As Peter Comeftor fays , that Adam , by the Spi- rit , did teach his Sons to offer Tythes and Firft - fruits to God . And Hugo de S. Victore fays , that God taught Adam ...
... ment for it from God ; and Deliver'd the fame to his Children . * As Peter Comeftor fays , that Adam , by the Spi- rit , did teach his Sons to offer Tythes and Firft - fruits to God . And Hugo de S. Victore fays , that God taught Adam ...
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Page 260 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of Thee, and of Thine own have we given Thee.
Page 259 - 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.
Page 12 - And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner ; that he may live with thee.
Page 208 - Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
Page 203 - And unto man he said, Behold, The fear of the LORD, that is wisdom ; And to depart from evil is understanding.
Page 12 - For the poor shall never cease out of the land : therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Page 109 - Do ye not know, that they who minister about holy things live of the sacrifice; and they who wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? Even so hath the Lord also ordained, that they who preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
Page 207 - Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
Page 144 - He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him : was not this to know me ? saith the LORD.
Page 260 - For we are strangers before Thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers : our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.