The nature and functions of the office of the civil magistrate; from the works of bishop Hoadly, by R. Wardlaw |
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The Nature and Functions of the Office of the Civil Magistrate; from the ... Benjamin Hoadly (bp of Winchester ) Sin vista previa disponible - 2019 |
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Página 102 - But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
Página 56 - Christ himself is : nay, whoever hath an absolute authority to interpret any written or spoken laws, it is he, who is truly the lawgiver, to all intents and purposes, and not the person who first wrote or spoke them.
Página 98 - For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
Página 98 - And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God, peradventure, will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth...
Página 96 - Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness ; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace ; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit which is the word of GOD.
Página 99 - So remarkably did these shine forth in all the ordinary occurrences of his life, and so deep seems the impression to have bee,n that they generally made, that Paul alludes to this feature in our Lord's character as to a thing universally known and felt, and even recurs to it as a form of obtesting, the more effectually to engage attention and persuade. " Now I Paul myself," says he, " beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ,
Página 97 - Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into its place : for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
Página 60 - ... all the sanctions which he thought fit to give to his laws, were not of this world at all. St. Paul understood this so well, that he gives an account of his own conduct, and that of others in the same station, in these words : " Knowing the terrors of the Lord, we persuade men ;" whereas, in too many Christian countries, since his days, if some who profess to succeed him were to give an account of their own conduct, it must be in a quite contrary strain : Knowing the terrors of this world, and...
Página 58 - God, and that all his subjects, in what station soever they may be, are equally subjects to him ; and that no one of them any more than another hath authority either to make new laws for Christ's subjects, or to impose a sense upon the old ones, which is the same thing ; or to judge, censure or punish the servants of another master, in matters relating purely to conscience or salvation.
Página 102 - But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment : yea, I judge not mine own self. For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified : but He that judgeth me is the Lord.