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... give cre- dit to any Perfons in their own Cause , when there is no concurrent Witness or Witneffes who declare the fame thing . And whereas Witneffes in many Difputes about Property may juftly be fufpected to warp from the Truth thro ...
... give cre- dit to any Perfons in their own Cause , when there is no concurrent Witness or Witneffes who declare the fame thing . And whereas Witneffes in many Difputes about Property may juftly be fufpected to warp from the Truth thro ...
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... give fome proper fatisfaction to the Go- vernment , that the Form of Words which they use in Witneffing , in Affirmations or Promifes , & c . fhall be deem'd in all refpects equal to the Obligation of an Oath , viz . that their ...
... give fome proper fatisfaction to the Go- vernment , that the Form of Words which they use in Witneffing , in Affirmations or Promifes , & c . fhall be deem'd in all refpects equal to the Obligation of an Oath , viz . that their ...
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... give some fufficient Reason why , when new Laws are made in Great Britain by the three Estates of the Kingdom , there fhould not be as much Care taken in a legal promulging them or the fubftance of them , fo far as concerns all pri vate ...
... give some fufficient Reason why , when new Laws are made in Great Britain by the three Estates of the Kingdom , there fhould not be as much Care taken in a legal promulging them or the fubftance of them , fo far as concerns all pri vate ...
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... gives us an account in his late History of China , vol . I. p . 53. where he enumerates all the 16 Texts given them by the Emperor to enlarge upon one or another of them twice a Month in publick Affemblies . Almost every one of them ...
... gives us an account in his late History of China , vol . I. p . 53. where he enumerates all the 16 Texts given them by the Emperor to enlarge upon one or another of them twice a Month in publick Affemblies . Almost every one of them ...
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... give reft to the laboring Part of a Nation , both Man and Beast , and partly that they may be more at leifure for thefe publick Lectures in their re- gular Courfe , I do not at prefent fee any thing in it inconfiftent with the just ...
... give reft to the laboring Part of a Nation , both Man and Beast , and partly that they may be more at leifure for thefe publick Lectures in their re- gular Courfe , I do not at prefent fee any thing in it inconfiftent with the just ...
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Page 83 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Page 43 - And whatfoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jefus ; giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Page 9 - ... opinions and worship, with the interior principle and the external expressions of it, under the limitation just announced, he has nothing to do.* The principle that a civil government should interfere with religion, is surely a general one if it be true ; and it seems to lead to this conclusion, that, " if civil government did properly extend its authority to religion, and the things of future happiness, no government or governors could be said to be appointed of God who are of a false religion,...