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Page 479 - Britain ; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever.
Page 490 - For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
Page 235 - DO you trust that you are inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost to take upon you this Office and Ministration, to serve God for the promoting of his glory, and the edifying of his people ? Answer.
Page 487 - If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, And let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
Page 157 - Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Page 229 - Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
Page 348 - Titus was left in Crete that he might set in order the things that were wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as St.
Page 488 - Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The LORD is with you while ye be with him: and if ye seek him, he will be found of you: but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
Page 244 - God, and government of his church ; to receive complaints in cases of mal-administration, and authoritatively to determine the same : which decrees and determinations, if consonant to the word of God, are to be received with reverence and submission, not only for their agreement with the word, but also for the power whereby they are made, as being an ordinance of God, appointed thereunto in his word.
Page 484 - That his majesty's subjects in these colonies owe the same allegiance to the crown of Great Britain, that is owing from his subjects born within the realm, and all due subordination to that august body the parliament of Great Britain.
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| Title | The Constitutional History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America: 1741 to 1788 American culture series Library of American civilization Part 2 of The Constitutional History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Charles Hodge |
| Author | Charles Hodge |
| Publisher | W. S. Martien, 1840 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Aug 25, 2006 |
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