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... Senate 574 CHAPTER VI . The Hebrew Commons 588 CHAPTER VII . The Hebrew Oracle 597 CHAPTER VIII . The Hebrew Priesthood 609 CHAPTER IX . The Hebrew Prophets 622 CHAPTER X. Conclusion . 632 INTRODUCTORY ESSAY ON CIVIL SOCIETY AND ...
... Senate 574 CHAPTER VI . The Hebrew Commons 588 CHAPTER VII . The Hebrew Oracle 597 CHAPTER VIII . The Hebrew Priesthood 609 CHAPTER IX . The Hebrew Prophets 622 CHAPTER X. Conclusion . 632 INTRODUCTORY ESSAY ON CIVIL SOCIETY AND ...
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... senators , presidents , governors , representative assemblies , and the whole body of the people exercising the functions of sovereignty , are equally his vicegerents , his ministers , ruling in his place , bearing the sword for him ...
... senators , presidents , governors , representative assemblies , and the whole body of the people exercising the functions of sovereignty , are equally his vicegerents , his ministers , ruling in his place , bearing the sword for him ...
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... senators , or by a majority of voices in a general assembly of the people . It is still a unit , and not an aggregate . It is an organized product , having an internal vitality , working its own growth and ripeness , though dependent ...
... senators , or by a majority of voices in a general assembly of the people . It is still a unit , and not an aggregate . It is an organized product , having an internal vitality , working its own growth and ripeness , though dependent ...
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... senate and assembly . ' All writs and other proceedings shall run in the name of the people of the state of New York . " + The constitution of New Jersey , adopted in 1776 , holds the following language : " Whereas all the ...
... senate and assembly . ' All writs and other proceedings shall run in the name of the people of the state of New York . " + The constitution of New Jersey , adopted in 1776 , holds the following language : " Whereas all the ...
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... senators , or of an assembly of the people , whatever this person , this council , or this assembly resolves , in matters relating to the common safety , is deemed the will of all in general , and of each in particular . It is a ...
... senators , or of an assembly of the people , whatever this person , this council , or this assembly resolves , in matters relating to the common safety , is deemed the will of all in general , and of each in particular . It is a ...
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Page 419 - In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon, the chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs...
Page 453 - Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God ? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old ? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 54 - Politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 294 - When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
Page 289 - But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
Page 295 - The wicked is driven away in his wickedness : but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Page 55 - All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Page 251 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
Page 607 - But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
Page 521 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay thine hand upon him...