The Rights of Sovereigns and Subjects

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J. Graves, 1722 - Church and state - 392 pages

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Page 137 - This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
Page 81 - But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
Page 83 - Which of you convinceth me of sin ?. And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me ? He that is of God heareth God's words : ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
Page 283 - For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn.
Page 266 - Iheepfold, but climbcth up forne other way, the fame is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door, is the fhepherd of the (heep.
Page 81 - Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas ; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren...
Page 137 - And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
Page 240 - thou then not be afraid of the power ? do that which " is good, and thou fhalt have praife of the fame. For * « he is the minifter of God to thee for good. But if " thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth " not the fword in vain : for he is the minifter of God, <« a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doth evil.
Page 161 - Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and pafled by on the other fide. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was : and when he faw him, he had compaffion on him, And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine ; and fet him on his own beaft, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow...
Page lxxv - I may well stop; yet it must needs raise the character of Bedell much, that an Italian, who, besides the caution that is natural to the country, and the prudence that obliged one in his circumstances to a more than ordinary distrust of all the world, was tied up by the strictness of that government to a very great reservedness with all people, yet took Bedell into his very soul; and, as Sir Henry Wotton assured King Charles I.

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