The privilege of election, which belongs to the people, therefore must not be exercised according to their humors, but according to the blessed will and law of God. " III. They who have the power to appoint officers and magistrates, it is in their power,... Constitutional History of England - Page 321by George Burton Adams - 1921 - 518 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1884 - 874 pages
...principle, " that the choice of public magistrates belongs unto the people by God's allowance; that they who have the power to appoint officers and magistrates, it is in their powor also to set the bounds and limitations of the power to which they call." It may be said, that... | |
| Theology - 1862 - 920 pages
...be exercised according to their humors, but according to the blessed will of God. 3. They who have power to appoint officers and magistrates, it is in...limitations of the power and place unto which they call them.1 To us, who are familiar with, and accustomed to, republican institutions, this seems the best... | |
| Theology - 1862 - 926 pages
...be exercised according to their humors, but according to the blessed will of God. 3. They who have power to appoint officers and magistrates, it is in...limitations of the power and place unto which they call them.1 To us, who are familiar with, and accustomed to, republican institutions, this seems the best... | |
| Bible - 1862 - 934 pages
...be exercised according to their humors, but according to the blessed will of God. 3. They who have power to appoint officers and magistrates, it is in...limitations of the power and place unto which they call them.1 To us, who are familiar with, and accustomed to, republican institutions, this seems the best... | |
| Bible - 1895 - 816 pages
...not be exercised according to their humors, but according to the blessed will and law of God. "III. They who have the power to appoint officers and magistrates,...of the power and place unto which they call them. "Reasons, i. Because the foundation of authority is laid, firstly, in the free consent of the people.... | |
| John Waddington - Congregationalism - 1874 - 756 pages
...according to their humours, but according to the blessed will and law of God. " III. They who have power to appoint officers and magistrates, it is in...the bounds and limitations of the power and place to which they call them. "Reasons. 1. Because the foundation of authority is laid, firstly, in the... | |
| George Bancroft - United States - 1876 - 584 pages
...the people, to whom the choice of public magistrates belongs by God's own allowance." " They who have power to appoint officers and magistrates, it is in...the bounds and limitations of the power and place into which they call them." Winthrop of Massachusetts held it to be an error in the sister colony "... | |
| Congregational Churches in Connecticut. General Conference - Congregational churches - 1877 - 232 pages
...exercised according to their humors, but according to the blessed will and law of God." III. "They who have power to appoint officers and magistrates, it is in...of the power and place unto which they call them." In illustration and support of these doctrines, the preacher affirmed, as a principle of " reason "... | |
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