| George Fox - 1694 - 536 pages
...followeth : ' Friends, ' I desire you to consider in time whom ye do imprison ; for the magistrate is set for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well. But when the Lord doth send his messengers unto you to warn you of the woes that will come... | |
| George Bishop - New England - 1703 - 598 pages
...magistrates." "It is not so," replied Edward ; " but I love and own all magistrates and rulers, who are for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well." But cried Rawson your secretary, in answer hereunto, "Come to the bar." "Yea," said Edward,... | |
| Jesus Christ, John Henderson Thomson - Christian martyrs - 1871 - 720 pages
...ministers, attending continually upon this very thing ' (Rom. xiii. 3, 6). ' Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by Him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well ' (i Pet. ii. 14). " Now it is undeniably evident from what is aforesaid, that piety is suppressed,... | |
| 1804 - 476 pages
...man for the Lord's sake ; whether it be to the king, as supreme; 14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them, that do well. 15 For so is the will of God, that with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of... | |
| Robert Leighton, George Jerment - Theology - 1805 - 544 pages
...man for the Lord's sake, whether it be to the king, as supreme, 14. Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise ef them that do well. IT is one of the falsest, and yet one of the commonest prejudices that the world... | |
| Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...magistrates. 1 Pet. ii. 13. Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake, whether it be to the king as supreme, or unto governors that are sent by him, for the punishment of evil doers, and for the praise of them that do well. See Deut. xvii. 11. Mutt. xxiii, 9, 5. Prov. xxv.... | |
| James Plumptre - Theater - 1809 - 318 pages
...enforcing. By their office, they are " the ministers of God" to his people " for good," (Rom. xiii. 4.) " for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well." (1 Pet. ii. 14-) Were their duties discharged with fidelity, with firmness and with mildness,... | |
| James Macknight - Bible - 1810 - 586 pages
...governments and powers, are put for the persons exercising government and 14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well. 15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of... | |
| Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1810 - 636 pages
...the Lord's sake : whether it be to the king, as supreme : Ver. 14. Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well. Matth. v. 1 7. Think net that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets : I am not come... | |
| Church of England - 1810 - 466 pages
...of man for the Lord's sake; whether it be to the king, as supreme ; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him, for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them thai do well. For so is the will of God, that with welldoing ye may put to silence the ignorance of... | |
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