| Sarah BAKER (of Dorchester, Mass.) - 1850 - 286 σελίδες
...pray for rulers, that they may " be just, ruling in the fear of God," and " working righteousness," a " terror to evil-doers, and a praise to them that do well." The duty of praying for ministers is also enjoined upon us ; and how important it is that heaven's... | |
| 1850 - 590 σελίδες
...many. It speaks only of the lawful power of the lawful magistrate, — that power whose exercise is " a terror to evildoers, and a praise to them that do well." It does not tell ns who the lawful magistrate is. It does not de¡cide on the persons by whom, or the... | |
| Samuel Brown Wylie - 1850 - 132 σελίδες
...civil authority is concerned, in sanctioning and ratifying the laws of the Most High God, acting as a terror to evil-doers, and a praise to them that do well. The fourth commandment, whose obligation is perpetual, is directed to every relation. Every private... | |
| American and Foreign Sabbath Union - 1851 - 422 σελίδες
...it away. Though government is an ordinance of God, and magistrates are his ministers, designed to be a terror to evil-doers, and a praise to them that do well, yet it was not instituted to give rights, but to guard them ; to protect men in the enjoyment of them,... | |
| Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads - 1851 - 842 σελίδες
...following order, eminently worthy of men professing to rule in the fear and according to the law of God— a terror to evil-doers, and a praise to them that do well : " The General Court, conceiving themselves bound by the first opportunity to bear witness against... | |
| American and Foreign Sabbath Union - 1851 - 432 σελίδες
...it away. Though government is an ordinance of God, and magistrates are his ministers, designed to be a terror to evil-doers, and a praise to them that do well, yet it was not instituted to give rights, but to guard them ; to protect men in the enjoyment of them,... | |
| Lyman Beecher - 1852 - 432 σελίδες
...human governments, mingling with justice, which takes off the appearance of cruelty, and makes rulers a terror to evil-doers, and a praise to them that do well. Nor need our faith in the compassion of the Deity be shaken by the strong and terrible expressions... | |
| George Fox - 1852 - 436 σελίδες
...bore the sword, if covetousness were hated, and men of courage for God were set up, then they would be a terror to evil-doers, and a praise to them that do well ; and not canse them to suffer. Here equity would be heard in our land, and righteousness would stand... | |
| William Lloyd Garrison - 1852 - 428 σελίδες
...at work for its suppression. Are its friends as resolutely determined that it shall be sustained, ' a terror to evil-doers, and a praise to them that do well' ? If so, they must not merely resolve — they must act; for never has it been called to stem such... | |
| Gardiner Spring - 1852 - 400 σελίδες
...makes obedience to the laws, the highest interest of the subject. In other and better language, it is " a terror to evil-doers, and a praise to them that do well." Rulers are "ministers of God" for this end, and are appointed for "this very thing." Their legitimate... | |
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