The Works of John Locke, Volume 10

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Thomas Tegg, 1823 - Philosophy

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Page 306 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its Author ; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Page 152 - An Account of the Growth of Popery and arbitrary Government in England...
Page 151 - I AB do declare, that it is not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, to take up arms against the king : and that I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against' his person, or against those that are commissioned by him in pursuance of such commission. And I do swear, that I will not at any time endeavour the alteration of the government either in church or state. So help me God.
Page 257 - Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.
Page 298 - I know you loved me when, living, and will preserve my memory now I am dead. All the use to be made of it is — that this life affords no solid satisfaction, but in the consciousness of having done well, and the hopes of another life. Adieu ! I leave my best wishes with you. — J. LOCKE.
Page 202 - I, AB, do declare and believe that it is not lawful upon any pretence whatsoever to take arms against the king...
Page 175 - Durham, with other great privileges; for the better settlement of the government of the said place, and establishing the interest of the lords proprietors with equality and without confusion; and that the government of this province may be made most agreeable to the monarchy under which we live and of which this province is a part; and that we may avoid erecting a numerous democracy...
Page 243 - The most high and sacred Order of Kings is of Divine Right, being the ordinance of God himself, founded in the prime laws of nature, and clearly established by express texts both of the Old and New Testaments.
Page 195 - That it is lawful and the duty of every man being thereunto called by those that govern, to bear witness to the truth.
Page 196 - Since charity obliges us to wish well to the souls of all men, and religion ought to alter nothing in any man's civil estate or right, it shall be lawful for slaves as well as others to enter themselves and to be of what church or profession any of them shall think best, and thereof be as fully members as any freeman.

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