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... christian religion , as far as it is directed against the Roman catholics , does not originate , at least amongst men of infor- mation , from the irrational errors in religion which are falfely imputed to them . These , they know , are ...
... christian religion , as far as it is directed against the Roman catholics , does not originate , at least amongst men of infor- mation , from the irrational errors in religion which are falfely imputed to them . These , they know , are ...
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... christianity itself , fince we daily behold christians convicted of the most atro- cious crimes . But however unphilofophical and infulting to common fenfe an inference of this description may appear , it is generally brought forward ...
... christianity itself , fince we daily behold christians convicted of the most atro- cious crimes . But however unphilofophical and infulting to common fenfe an inference of this description may appear , it is generally brought forward ...
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... christian religion ; and fuch are the fentiments of the Roman catholics of the prefent day . In every age fince that time , the catholic church has proved herself the constant support and strongest bulwark of the throne , as appears ...
... christian religion ; and fuch are the fentiments of the Roman catholics of the prefent day . In every age fince that time , the catholic church has proved herself the constant support and strongest bulwark of the throne , as appears ...
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... christian tenets belong not to the catholic church , nor can they , by the most remote conclufion , be drawn from ... christianity . At no period can it be fhewn , that fhe ever ad- vanced any fuch principles , or endeavoured to ob- tain ...
... christian tenets belong not to the catholic church , nor can they , by the most remote conclufion , be drawn from ... christianity . At no period can it be fhewn , that fhe ever ad- vanced any fuch principles , or endeavoured to ob- tain ...
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... christianity . I have hitherto taken a view of the principles of the catholic religion in general , as far as regards their immediate tendency to promote the peace and fecurity of the prince and government . But having in these pages ...
... christianity . I have hitherto taken a view of the principles of the catholic religion in general , as far as regards their immediate tendency to promote the peace and fecurity of the prince and government . But having in these pages ...
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Page 81 - I do further declare, That it is not an Article of my Faith, and that I do renounce, reject, and abjure the Opinion, that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any other Authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their Subjects, or by any Person whatsoever : And I do declare, That I do...
Page 82 - Pope or any other authority or person whatsoever, or without any hope of any such dispensation from any person or authority whatsoever or without thinking that I am or can be acquitted before God or man or absolved of this declaration or any part thereof, although the Pope or any other person or persons or power whatsoever should dispense with or annul the same, or declare that it was null and void from the beginning.
Page 82 - Rome are superstitious and idolatrous, and I do solemnly, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do make this declaration and every part thereof in the plain and ordinary sense of the words read unto me as they are commonly understood by English Protestants without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatsoever...
Page 95 - Has the Pope, or Cardinals, or any Body of Men, or any Individual of the Church of Rome, any Civil Authority, Power, Jurisdiction, or Pre-eminence whatsoever, within the Realm of England?
Page 82 - Rome may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or by any person whatsoever : And I do declare that I do not believe that the Pope of Rome or any other foreign prince, prelate, person, state, or potentate, hath or ought to have any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority, or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this realm.
Page 81 - An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, is and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and the Heirs of her Body being Protestants; hereby utterly renouncing and abjuring any Obedience or Allegiance unto any other Person claiming or pretending a Right to the Crown of this...
Page 98 - Catholics, or in the doctrines of the church of Rome, any law or principle which makes it lawful for Catholics to break their faith with Heretics, or others of a different persuasion from themselves in matters of religion, either in public or private concerns. The faculty declares the doctrine of the Catholics to be, that the divine and...
Page 95 - England, upon the following queries, viz. : ' ' 1. Has the Pope, or any Cardinal, or any body of men, or any individual of the Church of Rome, any civil authority, power, jurisdiction, or pre-eminence whatsoever, within the realm of England!
Page 25 - Let every soul be subject to higher powers : for there is no power but from God; and those that are, are ordained of God. Therefore, he that resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God.
Page 76 - But while they acknowledge a foreign power, superior to the sovereignty of the kingdom, they cannot complain if the laws of that kingdom will not treat them upon the footing of good subjects.