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Excerpt from The Christian Magistrate: A Discourse, With an Appendix
The text and context ''make it undeniably''evident, that-hypower here, is understood, not a natural, but a moral power, consisting, not only in ability, but in a right to command. Which power is said to be ordained of God, as importing, riot merely the proceeding of the thing from God providentially, but such a being from God, as carrieth m it his instituting or appointing thereof, by the warrant of his word, law, or precept. So that that power, which is to be owned as of God, includeth these two particulars, without which no authority can be acknowledged as God''s ordinance, viz. Institution and constitution, so as to possess him, who is God''s minister, with a moral power. - Act and Testimony qf t/ze Refmvnal Presbyterian Church-p. 98-belfast edit, 1832.
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The text and context ''make it undeniably''evident, that-hypower here, is understood, not a natural, but a moral power, consisting, not only in ability, but in a right to command. Which power is said to be ordained of God, as importing, riot merely the proceeding of the thing from God providentially, but such a being from God, as carrieth m it his instituting or appointing thereof, by the warrant of his word, law, or precept. So that that power, which is to be owned as of God, includeth these two particulars, without which no authority can be acknowledged as God''s ordinance, viz. Institution and constitution, so as to possess him, who is God''s minister, with a moral power. - Act and Testimony qf t/ze Refmvnal Presbyterian Church-p. 98-belfast edit, 1832.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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