The Works of Jonathan Swift: Twelve sermons. TractsA. Constable, 1814 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 45
Page 47
... liberty , property , and religion , to re- ceive their petitions , and redress their grievances ; so that the best prince is , in the opinion of wise men , only the greatest servant of the nation ; not only a servant to the public in ...
... liberty , property , and religion , to re- ceive their petitions , and redress their grievances ; so that the best prince is , in the opinion of wise men , only the greatest servant of the nation ; not only a servant to the public in ...
Page 56
... liberty of conscience ; which , properly speaking , is no more than a li- berty of knowing our own thoughts , which liber- ty no one can take from us . But those words have obtained quite different meanings : liberty of conscience is ...
... liberty of conscience ; which , properly speaking , is no more than a li- berty of knowing our own thoughts , which liber- ty no one can take from us . But those words have obtained quite different meanings : liberty of conscience is ...
Page 59
... liberty , or the property of a people lodged in such hands : which however , hath been too often the case What I have said upon this principle of honour may perhaps be thought of small concernment to most of you , who are my hearers ...
... liberty , or the property of a people lodged in such hands : which however , hath been too often the case What I have said upon this principle of honour may perhaps be thought of small concernment to most of you , who are my hearers ...
Page 84
... liberty of the people . That odious par- liament had first turned the bishops out of the house of lords ; in a few years after , they mur- dered their king ; then immediately abolished the whole house of lords ; and so , at last ...
... liberty of the people . That odious par- liament had first turned the bishops out of the house of lords ; in a few years after , they mur- dered their king ; then immediately abolished the whole house of lords ; and so , at last ...
Page 94
... liberty , and property , and life , and religion of the sub- ject , depended wholly upon the breath of the prince ; which however , I hope , was never meant by those who pleaded for passive obedience . And this opinion hath not been ...
... liberty , and property , and life , and religion of the sub- ject , depended wholly upon the breath of the prince ; which however , I hope , was never meant by those who pleaded for passive obedience . And this opinion hath not been ...
Common terms and phrases
absurd act of parliament advantage allowed answer arguments Aristotle atheist believe better bishops body cause charity Christ Christianity church of England civil clergy clergyman common Congé d'élire conscience consequence corruptions discourse divine doctrine duty ecclesiastical endeavouring enemies evil faith false farther freethinking give gospel greatest hath heathen high church holy honour Ibid ignorant instance jacobite king kingdom laity learning least liberty ligion lives mankind manner Matthew Tindal mean meanest ment mind morality mysteries nation nature neighbour neral never observe opinion papists parish parliament party perhaps persons Plato poor popery preacher preaching pretend priests prince principles punish reason religion scripture sects sermon Socinians Socrates sort suppose tell ther thing think freely thought Tindal tion Trinity true truth vice VIII virtue wherein Whig whole wholly wicked wisdom wise words write
Popular passages
Page 116 - Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 99 - And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
Page 78 - But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you : for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
Page 156 - But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Page 63 - Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness ; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens...
Page 47 - Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Page 197 - Who would ever have suspected Asgill for a wit, or Toland for a philosopher, if the inexhaustible stock of Christianity had not been at hand to provide them with materials ? What other subject, through all art or nature, could have produced Tindal for a profound author, or furnished him with readers? It is the wise choice of the subject that alone adorns and distinguishes the writer. For had an hundred such pens as these been employed on the side of religion, they would have immediately sunk into...
Page 196 - And to urge another argument of a parallel nature: if Christianity were once abolished, how could the freethinkers, the strong reasoners, and the men of profound learning, be able to find another subject, so calculated in all points, whereon to display their abilities? what wonderful productions of wit should we be deprived of from those whose genius, by continual practice, hath been wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against religion, and would therefore never be able to shine or distinguish...
Page 43 - Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility : for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Page 79 - O ° my soul, come not thou into their ° secret ; unto their "assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a 0 man, and in their selfwill they ° digged down a wall.