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... taken up , all reverence for divine and human law was thrown away , just as if men were thenceforth authorized to commit all crimes without restraint . 29 And the sight of these atrocities has led many men , and these , estimable ...
... taken up , all reverence for divine and human law was thrown away , just as if men were thenceforth authorized to commit all crimes without restraint . 29 And the sight of these atrocities has led many men , and these , estimable ...
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... taken from the words of John the Baptist ; who , when he was asked by the Jewish soldiers , ( of which nation there were many thousands in the Roman army , as is manifest from Josephus and other writers , ) What they should do , to ...
... taken from the words of John the Baptist ; who , when he was asked by the Jewish soldiers , ( of which nation there were many thousands in the Roman army , as is manifest from Josephus and other writers , ) What they should do , to ...
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... taken away by the Gospel . VIII . Let us now see what arguments are offered in support of the opposite opinion , that the pious reader , judging fairly , may see which side preponderates . 1 ( 1 ) First , it is usual to adduce the ...
... taken away by the Gospel . VIII . Let us now see what arguments are offered in support of the opposite opinion , that the pious reader , judging fairly , may see which side preponderates . 1 ( 1 ) First , it is usual to adduce the ...
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... taken not from Christians of every kind , but from those who had given an example of a most correct life . Add to this , that the obli- gations of military service and of some magistracies was not perpetual ; but those who were devoted ...
... taken not from Christians of every kind , but from those who had given an example of a most correct life . Add to this , that the obli- gations of military service and of some magistracies was not perpetual ; but those who were devoted ...
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... taken in a higher sense , for that which is formal , as beyond controversy it often is , those are not public wars ; for the full right of public war requires both the authority of the Sovereign and other conditions . Nor is this ...
... taken in a higher sense , for that which is formal , as beyond controversy it often is , those are not public wars ; for the full right of public war requires both the authority of the Sovereign and other conditions . Nor is this ...
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Page 216 - The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Page 239 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness ; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand : This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge : For I should have denied the God that is above.
Page 321 - Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
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Page 31 - He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity : he that killeth with the sword, must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
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Page 164 - Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: 18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us...
Page 24 - Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].
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Page 23 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain ; if thou sayest, "Behold, we knew it not;" doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?