Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750)
to preach and practise what they believed was by God commanded, as the apostles answered, Acts iv. and v., I say, besides this, a man may also be persecuted because he dares not be constrained to yield obedience to such doctrines and worships as are by men invented and appoint...
Thirdly. The very materials, the gold and silver of the idols of this land, were odious and abominable, and dangerous to the people of Israel, that they might not desire it, nor...
3. xxiv. 5, 11, have suitably their false bodies, faith, spirit, baptism,as the Lord Jesus hath his true body, faith, spirit, &c., Ephes. iv. 5; correspondent also are their weapons, and the success, issue, or operation of them. A carnal weapon or sw...
1. vi. 16, and many thousands of Christians, because they durst not ceaseto preach and practise what they believed was by God commanded, as the apostles answered, Acts iv. and v., I say, besides this, a man may also be persecuted because he dares not...
5. vii. Consequently, the father or husband of the state differing fromthe commonweal in religion, ought not to force the commonweal nor to be forced by it, yet is he to continue a civil husband’s care, if the commonweal will live with him, and abi...
2. iv. 4, weapons and ammunition, able to break down the strongest holds,Lastly, the Lord Jesus here, in this parable, lays down two reasons, able to content and satisfy our hearts to bear patiently this their contradiction and anti-christianity, and...
6. xii. It is not material whether the church or magistrate take it first inhand. Only with this caution, that if the state take it first in hand, they are not to proceed to death or banishment, until the church hath taken their course with him, to brin...
7. i. 7, and the wages of Balaam, both more common and frequent than easilyTo that scripture, Gal. vi. 6, _Let him that is taught in the word make him that teacheth partaker of all his goods_: I answer, that teaching was of persons converted, believers...
4. ii. 1, 2, on which is weakly built such a mighty building, I shallFourthly, whether a church, or congregation of Christians, may not live in godliness and honesty, although the civil magistrate be of another conscience and worship, and the who...