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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1852. Excerpt: ... faeod his mind to be,--these declamations are altogether vain, and, as to any 6olid worth, lighter than a feather. And I could desire if these controversies must be farther debated, that our author would omit the pursuit of those things which are really f£ai roZ vfdy;ia,To;, and, according to the ancient custom, attend aiiu irf.ooi/Aiui xai iratZn, without rhetorical prefaces or unreasonable passions, unto the merit of the cause. To this purpose I suppose it might not be amiss for him to consider a few sheets of paper lately published under the title of "A Case Stated," ett, wherein he will find the main controversy reduced to its proper heads, and a modest provocation unto an answer to what is proposed about it. " Ilium aspioe contra Qui vocat." A SURVEY OF THE SIXTH CHAPTER [The word of God the sole rule of worship--The light of reason--Vocal revelation--Magistrate's power in regard to things without the church but about it--Testimonies from the ancient fathers as to the supreme authority of Scripture--Alleged instances from the Old Testament of the magistrate appointing religious rites--Parker's answers to certain objections considered-- Doctrine of passive obedience refuted--Alleged right of the magistrate to punish his subjects if they will not comply with idolatry or superstition established by law--The true dignity and functions of the magistrate declared-- Exhortation to toleration and charity.] The sixth chapter in this discourse,--which is the last that at the present I shall call to any account, as being now utterly wearied with the frequent occurrence of the same things in various dresses,-- is designed to the confutation of a principle which is termed the " foundation of all Puritanism," and that wherein " the mystery of it" consisteth. Now this is, " That nothing ...
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