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... instruction be provided for the people , the state has a right to demand the assistance of all in providing it , so long as it does not enforce all to partake of it , If men , who are members of a body politic , were so many inde ...
... instruction be provided for the people , the state has a right to demand the assistance of all in providing it , so long as it does not enforce all to partake of it , If men , who are members of a body politic , were so many inde ...
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... - custom to whom custom - tribute to whom tribute . " Even though the tax , in part , at least , was applied to the maintenance of Pagan abomi- nations , instruction ? Is not true religion the very basis of PRESUMPTIVE TESTIMONY . ] ]
... - custom to whom custom - tribute to whom tribute . " Even though the tax , in part , at least , was applied to the maintenance of Pagan abomi- nations , instruction ? Is not true religion the very basis of PRESUMPTIVE TESTIMONY . ] ]
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... instruction altogether - or that those scholars are likely to be the greatest proficients , who are de- prived of the benefit of masters ! I cannot conceive how any reflecting and candid person can doubt , for a moment , that as public ...
... instruction altogether - or that those scholars are likely to be the greatest proficients , who are de- prived of the benefit of masters ! I cannot conceive how any reflecting and candid person can doubt , for a moment , that as public ...
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... instruction , we have reached the eminence , we , at present occupy . Can we then forbear ascribing our progress in religion , in a great degree , at least , to the weight of her influence , and the power of her instrumentality ? I am ...
... instruction , we have reached the eminence , we , at present occupy . Can we then forbear ascribing our progress in religion , in a great degree , at least , to the weight of her influence , and the power of her instrumentality ? I am ...
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... viz . a particular welcome to the poor . Every other system of religion and instruction , almost , without any exception , is narrow , confined , and exclusive . The ancient sages of Greece , ( with whom wisdom 32 PRESUMPTIVE TESTIMONY .
... viz . a particular welcome to the poor . Every other system of religion and instruction , almost , without any exception , is narrow , confined , and exclusive . The ancient sages of Greece , ( with whom wisdom 32 PRESUMPTIVE TESTIMONY .
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Page 68 - Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia. (that the word of the Lord, by the mouth of Jeremiah, might be fulfilled,) the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia...
Page 68 - The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
Page 68 - And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Page 90 - Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord ; forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Page 68 - And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee : for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
Page 68 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me ; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people ? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.
Page 68 - And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
Page 44 - His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
Page 68 - Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and, being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
Page 68 - And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily...