The Lords and the People, Or, The Principles of Civil Government Illustrated: Under the Connexion of Religion with the State, and Nobility in Britain, Wherein the Causes which Led to the Dissolution of the Grecian Independence, and the Fall of the Roman Empire, are Applied to the Policy of the Present Times, and the Foundation of the English Constitution Displayed Under the Christian Covenant ; with a Vindication of the Church of England |
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... noble Satrap of Persia , son of Hystaspes , who con- spired with six other Nobles , of the same nation , to destroy Smerdis , who had usurped the crown of Persia , after the death of Cambyses ; and that on the destruction of the usurper ...
... noble Satrap of Persia , son of Hystaspes , who con- spired with six other Nobles , of the same nation , to destroy Smerdis , who had usurped the crown of Persia , after the death of Cambyses ; and that on the destruction of the usurper ...
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... noble ends acquired ! " 66 It has been held as an axiom , that Ignorance is the parent of Crime , " and , in the absence of a general moral re- formation , in men and manners , it has yet to be proved , how far the universal diffusion ...
... noble ends acquired ! " 66 It has been held as an axiom , that Ignorance is the parent of Crime , " and , in the absence of a general moral re- formation , in men and manners , it has yet to be proved , how far the universal diffusion ...
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... nobles , who appear neither to value nor honour their coronets , forgetting the judicious advice of the great Lord Lyttleton , who says , " In James the Second's time a revolution became necessary , and that necessity produced one ...
... nobles , who appear neither to value nor honour their coronets , forgetting the judicious advice of the great Lord Lyttleton , who says , " In James the Second's time a revolution became necessary , and that necessity produced one ...
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... nobles and the commoners . The ambition and success of those innovators was but an effect and consequence of the former . When the uncorrupted part of the senate had , by the death of Cæsar , made one expiring effort to restore their ...
... nobles and the commoners . The ambition and success of those innovators was but an effect and consequence of the former . When the uncorrupted part of the senate had , by the death of Cæsar , made one expiring effort to restore their ...
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... noble or patrician order , and sometimes the people collective or representative ; thus again forming three distinct estates , or heads of power . Each of these three estates , or independent bodies , 80 THE LORDS AND THE PEOPLE .
... noble or patrician order , and sometimes the people collective or representative ; thus again forming three distinct estates , or heads of power . Each of these three estates , or independent bodies , 80 THE LORDS AND THE PEOPLE .
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Page 213 - Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers...
Page 360 - I shall see him, but not n'ow; I shall behold him, but not nigh; There shall come a Star out of Jacob, And a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite the corners of Moab, And destroy all the children of Sheth.
Page 511 - Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 361 - And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me; Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
Page 77 - And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people?
Page 355 - Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered Thou sayest that I am a king. ' To this end was I born, and for this cause came, I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Page 463 - I wish POPULARITY, but it is that popularity which follows, not that which is run after. It is that popularity which, sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends by noble means.
Page 365 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 512 - It is a thing plainly repugnant to the Word of God, and the custom of the Primitive Church, to have public Prayer in the Church, or to minister the Sacraments, in a tongue not understanded of the people.
Page 359 - Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth...