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" Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness ; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens... "
Sermons. Memoirs of Captain John Creichton.-v.11-15. Letters - Page 52
by Jonathan Swift - 1801
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's ..., Volume 10

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 416 pages
...persons affect to be open despisers of religion, their counsels will be found at last, to be fully as destructive to the state, as to the church. It was...statesman at least as any in this age, thought fit to follow that advice. Great abilities, without the fear of God, are most dangerous instruments, when...
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A Scripture Account of the Faith and Practice of Christians: Consisting of ...

Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...XCVIII. Qualifications of the civil magistrate. Exod. xviii. 21. Thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness, and place such to be rulers. Deut. i. 13. Take ye wise men and understanding, known among your tribes,...
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes ..., Volume 9

Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 496 pages
...fully as destructive to the state as to the church. It was the advice of Jethro to his son-in-la\v Moses, to " provide able men, such as fear God, men...to place such over the people; and Moses, who was es wise a statesman at least as any in this age, thought fit to follow that advice. Great abilities,...
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The works of ... Ezekiel Hopkins, arranged and revised, with a ..., Volume 1

Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 676 pages
...therefore, should do according to the counsel of Jethro : Exod. xviii. 21. Provide, out of all the people, able men ; such, as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness : and place such as these over them. But where this course is not taken ; but such are intrusted with command...
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A Collection of Sermons: Which Have Been Preached on Various ..., Volume 3

Nathanael Emmons - Congregational churches - 1813 - 550 pages
...the important trusts reposed in them. He directed his people, in the choice of their civil officers, "to provide able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness." And he said by the mouth of David, "he that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in tke fear of God." Though...
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The Works of Jonathan Swift: Twelve sermons. Tracts

Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 462 pages
...persons affect to be open despisers of religion, their counsels will be found at last to be fully as destructive to the state as to the church. It was...statesman at least as any in this age, thought fit to follow that advice. Great abilities, without the fear of God, are most dangerous instruments, when...
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Twelve sermons. Tracts

Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 470 pages
...persons affect to be open despisers of religion, their counsels will be found at last to be fully as destructive to the state as to the church. It was...statesman at least as any in this age, thought fit to follow that advice. Great abilities, without the fear of God, are most dangerous instruments, when...
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Genesis to Chronicles

Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 706 pages
...they must walk, and the work that they must do. 21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness ; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers...
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The History of Missions: Or, Of the Propagation of Christianity ..., Volume 1

William Brown (M.D.) - Bible - 1816 - 542 pages
...proposed by Jethro to Moses in the wilderness: " Moreover, thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers...
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The Methodist Magazine

Methodist Church - 1879 - 822 pages
...men who should be sought and promoted to office, namely, " Thou shall provide out of' all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness ; and place such over them, to be rulers, . . . and let them judge the people at all seasons." Then in reference...
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