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 ..., Volume 2Thomas Gordon J. Peele, 1743 |
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... commands them . ་ SUCH Men do not pretend to teach their People the Meeknefs of Christianity : No. their Zeal is to be Anger , and their Religion Cru- A 5 Cruelty . That Fiercenefs , which is inconfiftent with the The INDEPENDENT WHIG . 99.
... commands them . ་ SUCH Men do not pretend to teach their People the Meeknefs of Christianity : No. their Zeal is to be Anger , and their Religion Cru- A 5 Cruelty . That Fiercenefs , which is inconfiftent with the The INDEPENDENT WHIG . 99.
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... command what neither God nor Nature requires ; and it is in us a Sin and a Folly to obey them . Even the Proteftant Priefts , long fince the Reformation , have known how to make the right Ufe of this Power . I myfelf have feen feveral ...
... command what neither God nor Nature requires ; and it is in us a Sin and a Folly to obey them . Even the Proteftant Priefts , long fince the Reformation , have known how to make the right Ufe of this Power . I myfelf have feen feveral ...
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... command what common Senfe forbids , I must own , I am always best pleased after good Meal , and therefore beft difpofed to love God and my Neighbour , which is the Sum of both Tables : I feel , at the fame Juncture , the Love of Liberty ...
... command what common Senfe forbids , I must own , I am always best pleased after good Meal , and therefore beft difpofed to love God and my Neighbour , which is the Sum of both Tables : I feel , at the fame Juncture , the Love of Liberty ...
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... mistaken , but muft infallibly be the fame . to every Man . By the Light of REASON , we fee about us . It warns us against Craft , and arms us against Force ; Force ; and the fame Reafon , which commands ' 28 The INDEPENDENT WHIG .
... mistaken , but muft infallibly be the fame . to every Man . By the Light of REASON , we fee about us . It warns us against Craft , and arms us against Force ; Force ; and the fame Reafon , which commands ' 28 The INDEPENDENT WHIG .
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... commands ' us to believe in God implicitly , and obey him paffively , does also command us to truft to no Man without Inquiry , and to submit to no Man " without Cause . Thus , what is our Duty in rela- tion to God , would be Madness in ...
... commands ' us to believe in God implicitly , and obey him paffively , does also command us to truft to no Man without Inquiry , and to submit to no Man " without Cause . Thus , what is our Duty in rela- tion to God , would be Madness in ...
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Page 230 - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Page 235 - Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet'; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.' '"Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 182 - And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning. Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said ; John indeed baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
Page 175 - But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
Page 153 - And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down on the right hand of God ; from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified...
Page 173 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 151 - Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
Page 150 - For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
Page 236 - Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, 'Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungred and ye gave me meat, I was thirsty and ye gave me drink, I was a stranger and ye took me in; naked and ye clothed me, I was sick and ye visited me, I was in prison and ye came unto me.
Page 227 - Hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that faith I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.