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Page i
... king had been rendered odious , as well by the tyranny of the Tarquins as by the genius and decretals of that city ... kings are to be reckoned amongst ravenous beasts . But what a beast of prey was the Roman people ; whilst with its ...
... king had been rendered odious , as well by the tyranny of the Tarquins as by the genius and decretals of that city ... kings are to be reckoned amongst ravenous beasts . But what a beast of prey was the Roman people ; whilst with its ...
Page xi
... kings , and those good men too , hath this one error , that a tyrant king might lawfully be put to death , been the slaughter of ! How many throats hath this false position cut , that a prince for some causes may by some certain men be ...
... kings , and those good men too , hath this one error , that a tyrant king might lawfully be put to death , been the slaughter of ! How many throats hath this false position cut , that a prince for some causes may by some certain men be ...
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... kings be just or unjust , belongs to private men ; and that be- fore they yield obedience , they not only may , but ought to dispute them ! Besides , in the moral phi- losophy now commonly received , there are many things no less ...
... kings be just or unjust , belongs to private men ; and that be- fore they yield obedience , they not only may , but ought to dispute them ! Besides , in the moral phi- losophy now commonly received , there are many things no less ...
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... kings . This , I say , the ancients not only themselves saw , but in one of their fables they seem very aptly to have signified it to us . For they say , that when Ixion was invited by Jupiter to a banquet , he fell in love , and began ...
... kings . This , I say , the ancients not only themselves saw , but in one of their fables they seem very aptly to have signified it to us . For they say , that when Ixion was invited by Jupiter to a banquet , he fell in love , and began ...
Page xix
... king- dom of heaven . And of those I plainly demonstrate , and conclude out of evident testimonies of holy writ according to the interpretation made by all , that the obedience , which I have affirmed to be due from particular Christian ...
... king- dom of heaven . And of those I plainly demonstrate , and conclude out of evident testimonies of holy writ according to the interpretation made by all , that the obedience , which I have affirmed to be due from particular Christian ...
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Page 255 - And he said unto her, What wilt thou ? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.
Page 309 - And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures ; opening and alleging, " that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead ; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
Page 319 - Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth : for God hath received him.
Page 257 - He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Page 58 - The lot is cast into the lap ; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
Page 56 - The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, And every mountain and hill shall be made low: And the crooked shall be made straight, And the rough places plain: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together: For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 57 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the Prophets.
Page 251 - Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears : but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity, for the meek of the earth...
Page 262 - Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing : sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come, follow me.
Page 146 - Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is wellpleasing unto the Lord.