An Essay Concerning the Divine Right of TithesR. Grant & Sons, 1700 - 192 pages |
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... Trust in God . II . Judgments upon III . Of Trust in Riches . 23 . IV . That Some Part of our Subftance is Due to GOD , as an Act of Worship . 27 . V. Of the Determinate Quantum of a Tenth . Under the Law . VI . Before the Law in Abram ...
... Trust in God . II . Judgments upon III . Of Trust in Riches . 23 . IV . That Some Part of our Subftance is Due to GOD , as an Act of Worship . 27 . V. Of the Determinate Quantum of a Tenth . Under the Law . VI . Before the Law in Abram ...
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... Trust and Dependence which we ought to have in God : The Want of which is the Root of all Covetoufnefs , which is therefore call'd Idolatry , because it transfers our Truft from God to Mam- mon . And Covetousness is fo the Root of ...
... Trust and Dependence which we ought to have in God : The Want of which is the Root of all Covetoufnefs , which is therefore call'd Idolatry , because it transfers our Truft from God to Mam- mon . And Covetousness is fo the Root of ...
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... Trust in God ( because it is fo Common ) unworthy of his Con- fideration ; for None upon Earth have it , as they ought to have : And we are to Encreafe in it ; and that must be by often Meditation upon it , which , by the Grace of God ...
... Trust in God ( because it is fo Common ) unworthy of his Con- fideration ; for None upon Earth have it , as they ought to have : And we are to Encreafe in it ; and that must be by often Meditation upon it , which , by the Grace of God ...
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... Trust and abfolute Dependence upon God , is apt , in our Weak Minds , to Decay , and Die ; unless it be stirr'd up , and kept alive by frequent Inftances , and fresh Ex- periments of God's Power and Pro- tection over us ; For Want of ...
... Trust and abfolute Dependence upon God , is apt , in our Weak Minds , to Decay , and Die ; unless it be stirr'd up , and kept alive by frequent Inftances , and fresh Ex- periments of God's Power and Pro- tection over us ; For Want of ...
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... Trust their very Lives , they were to Starve if it fail'd , But if they shou'd Truft entirely to thefe Promises of God , then God af- fures them of His Bleffing for it , ( v . 18 , and 19. ) both to Protect their Land from their Enemies ...
... Trust their very Lives , they were to Starve if it fail'd , But if they shou'd Truft entirely to thefe Promises of God , then God af- fures them of His Bleffing for it , ( v . 18 , and 19. ) both to Protect their Land from their Enemies ...
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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 Iren¿us 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.