Democracy, Liberty, and Property: Readings in the American Political TraditionFrancis William Coker |
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Page 184
... authority , and mutual checks . If all legislative power be in one popular body , all other power , sooner or later , will be there also . I wish now , sir , to correct a most important mistake , in the man- ner in which this question ...
... authority , and mutual checks . If all legislative power be in one popular body , all other power , sooner or later , will be there also . I wish now , sir , to correct a most important mistake , in the man- ner in which this question ...
Page 294
... authority . Such is the liberty of the church under the authority of Christ , her king and husband ; his yoke is so easy and sweet to her as a bride's ornaments ; and if through frowardness or wantonness , etc. , she shake it off , at ...
... authority . Such is the liberty of the church under the authority of Christ , her king and husband ; his yoke is so easy and sweet to her as a bride's ornaments ; and if through frowardness or wantonness , etc. , she shake it off , at ...
Page 331
... authority of the canonical scriptures , or by one of the four first general coun- cils , or by some other council having for the grounds of their decla- ration the express and plain words of the scriptures . Heresy , thus circumscribed ...
... authority of the canonical scriptures , or by one of the four first general coun- cils , or by some other council having for the grounds of their decla- ration the express and plain words of the scriptures . Heresy , thus circumscribed ...
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
From A Modell of Christian Charity 1603 | 17 |
THE FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT OF NEW HAVEN 1639 | 26 |
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