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... 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 Confciences are equally bound by it before God , and that they fhall incur the fame Penalties ...
... 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 Confciences are equally bound by it before God , and that they fhall incur the fame Penalties ...
Page 63
... Uses of the State and his publick Honor , and that he expends too much upon the Practice and Propagation of a Religion which they disapprove , ' tis poffible they may grow uneafy and murmur at the Largeness of K their I add also that a ...
... Uses of the State and his publick Honor , and that he expends too much upon the Practice and Propagation of a Religion which they disapprove , ' tis poffible they may grow uneafy and murmur at the Largeness of K their I add also that a ...
Page 92
... use for the Support and Encourage- ment of theirs : And therefore I cannot fee it lawful for any Civil Power in Christendom to fupprefs the Publication of any new , ftrange , ftrange , or foreign Sects or Parties in Reli- gion 92 ...
... use for the Support and Encourage- ment of theirs : And therefore I cannot fee it lawful for any Civil Power in Christendom to fupprefs the Publication of any new , ftrange , ftrange , or foreign Sects or Parties in Reli- gion 92 ...
Page 99
... use in their Preaching or Singing , or any other Parts of their Worship . 4 VIII . It is granted indeed that if the Ne- ceffity or Welfare of any fuch City or State require that foreign Silk fhall not be worn , nor any foreign Paper be ...
... use in their Preaching or Singing , or any other Parts of their Worship . 4 VIII . It is granted indeed that if the Ne- ceffity or Welfare of any fuch City or State require that foreign Silk fhall not be worn , nor any foreign Paper be ...
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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,...