An Essay Concerning the Divine Right of TithesR. Grant & Sons, 1700 - 192 pages |
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... Beginning of the Jewish Church , and of Ananias in the Beginning of the Chrifti- an , an , are fet in the Front , That All xvi PREFACE .
... Beginning of the Jewish Church , and of Ananias in the Beginning of the Chrifti- an , an , are fet in the Front , That All xvi PREFACE .
Page 84
... Beginning . Account how it Began among the Gentiles . It was time out of mind with them ; as ancient as any thing which their Hiftories Contain'd . The Attique Law before mention'd , for Paying of Tythes , is faid ( as Mr. Sel- den ...
... Beginning . Account how it Began among the Gentiles . It was time out of mind with them ; as ancient as any thing which their Hiftories Contain'd . The Attique Law before mention'd , for Paying of Tythes , is faid ( as Mr. Sel- den ...
Page 85
... Beginning of it . Melchifedec is the first of whom ex- prefs Mention is made that he Re- ceived Tythes . He is the first likewise whom we read of call'd by the Name of Prieft . Yet none doubts but that ther were Priests before . As ...
... Beginning of it . Melchifedec is the first of whom ex- prefs Mention is made that he Re- ceived Tythes . He is the first likewise whom we read of call'd by the Name of Prieft . Yet none doubts but that ther were Priests before . As ...
Page 86
... Beginning of the World . Yet , even in that fhort Summary , we have no obfcure Light given us as to Tythes , with fome other of the after Judaical Rites , As , the Diffe rence rence of Clean and Unclean Beasts and Fowls , Gen. 86 An ...
... Beginning of the World . Yet , even in that fhort Summary , we have no obfcure Light given us as to Tythes , with fome other of the after Judaical Rites , As , the Diffe rence rence of Clean and Unclean Beasts and Fowls , Gen. 86 An ...
Page 93
... Beginning , be- fore the Scriptures were wrote . 5. And we cannot Imagine but that God gave Adam Directions concerning His own Worship . Shall we fay that Sacrificing was a Pure Invention of Adam's , or of Cain or Abel's ? What Reason ...
... Beginning , be- fore the Scriptures were wrote . 5. And we cannot Imagine but that God gave Adam Directions concerning His own Worship . Shall we fay that Sacrificing was a Pure Invention of Adam's , or of Cain or Abel's ? What Reason ...
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Acts of Parliament againſt Altar Ananias and Sapphira Apoftle becauſe befides Beft Bleffing Bleſſing call'd Caufes cauſe Chrift Chriftians Church Clergy Clergy-Man Command Confequence cou'd Curfe Cuſtom Dedicated Deut Divine Right do's faid Faith fame fays felf felves fent fhall fhewn fhews fhou'd fince firft firſt First-fruits fome Fruits fuch fuppofe fure Gentiles give God's Gods Gospel Greateſt hath Heathen Hiftory himſelf Holy Honour Ifrael Impropriators Increaſe Inftances Irenæus Jews Judgments King Land Lefs Levites likewife Melchifedec ment Mofes moſt muft muſt Nation Number obfervable offer'd Offerings paid Parliament Pay their Tythe Pay Tythes Pay'd Poor Priesthood Priests Promife Puniſhed Reaſon Receiv'd Referv'd Reft Right of Tythes Sacrifice Sacrilege SECT Selden Senfe ſhall Spoils Subftance Tenth thee thefe themſelves ther therefor theſe thine thofe thoſe Thou thought tion Tribute Truft unto the Lord Uſe Worship wou'd xxiij
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Page 260 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of Thee, and of Thine own have we given Thee.
Page 259 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 12 - And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner ; that he may live with thee.
Page 208 - Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
Page 203 - And unto man he said, Behold, The fear of the LORD, that is wisdom ; And to depart from evil is understanding.
Page 12 - For the poor shall never cease out of the land : therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Page 109 - Do ye not know, that they who minister about holy things live of the sacrifice; and they who wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? Even so hath the Lord also ordained, that they who preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
Page 207 - Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
Page 144 - He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him : was not this to know me ? saith the LORD.
Page 260 - For we are strangers before Thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers : our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.