 | James Wallace Weir - 1854 - 334 pages
...administration throughout the world, conform to thy benevolent will. Make those that bear the sword a terror to evil-doers, and a praise to them that do well. Make ourofficers peace, and our exactors righteousness. Let our lawgivers be men that fear God and... | |
 | 1854 - 406 pages
...Chair ; and we have every reason to believe that you will not " wear the sword in vain, but will be a terror to evildoers, and a praise to them that do well." Cherishing the hope that the Great Disposer of all events may vouchsafe unto you, together with your... | |
 | 1854 - 594 pages
...but persons authorized to administer them — to preserve order, and in virtue of their office prove a terror to evil-doers, and a praise to them that do well The Apostles were not only the first preachers, but rulers in the Redeemer's church. They had the keys... | |
 | John Gaylord - 1855 - 206 pages
...me" ? What will He say to the rulers, the potentates of earth, who St. James represents should " be a terror to evil-doers, and a praise to them that do well," but have reversed it and are friends to evil-d oers, and a terror to those that do well ? — What to the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 484 pages
...dictates of religion ; which instructs us, " That he beareth not the sword in vain ; but ought to be a terror to evil-doers, and a praise to them that do well." It is likewise in a particular manner the duty of a British king, who obliges himself by his coronation... | |
 | 1856 - 654 pages
...dedicating themselves to him to be his people. Their rulers shall be just, ruling in the fear of Ciod, a terror to evil-doers, and a praise to them that do well. Subject« will lead quiet and peaceable lives, in all godliness and honesty, and truth and righteousness... | |
 | William Andrew Smith - 1856 - 338 pages
...a merited extent, and it Avill not fail to produce shame and mortification. His authority will be " a terror to evil-doers, and a praise to them that do well." The public opinion of his little commonwealth will fully sustain his administration. The counsels of... | |
 | Frederic Richard Lees - 1857 - 350 pages
...perpetrates social suicide, and commits a kind of political felo de ye. St Paul represents the Law as a "terror to evil-doers, and a praise to them that do well"; the Licensed traffic inverts this ma-rin^ so that the Law virtually becomes " a temptation to evil-doing,... | |
 | William Jay - 1857 - 322 pages
...our magistrates never be ashamed to ask counsel of Thee: may they be the ministers of God for good ; a terror to evil-doers, and a praise to them that do well. THURSDAY EVENING, O GOD of all grace ; the heavens declare thy glory, and the firmament sheweth thy... | |
 | Christian - 1858 - 440 pages
...counsellors never he ashamed to ask counsel of thee: and let magistrates be the ministers of God for good; a terror to evil-doers, and a praise to them that do well. And may he who said, I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me, reign from sea... | |
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... a terror to evil-doers, and a praise to them that do well. 
