Ecclesiastical Vs Civil Authority

Author : John Jackson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332196268
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book The Grounds of Civil and Ecclesiastical Government Briefly Consider'd (Classic Reprint) written by John Jackson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-10 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Grounds of Civil and Ecclesiastical Government Briefly Consider'd Right, but the advancing the Intercft and Power of Sparta; gluten/g in h 5 f) Reafon to all Mankind 5 and enlarg'd and improv'd by the Help and Light of Revelation. Hence'it was the Doctrine of the Stairs t that the Original of Law was deriv'd from God and Nature, So that Humane Laws in General, whether Ecclfyiafiical or) Civil, that have a true and right Fouhdation, are ou-w ly particular Deductions from the general Principles Of Nature or Reajbn, or 'from the reveal'd Law of God, efiablifh'd by common Content in every Polii' tical Society for the public Good, according astheir Exigences or the particular State of their Circum'. Fiances may require 3 with the Sanctions of Rewards and Bunifh'merits an'nex'd, to encourage and enforce the Obfervance Of them. Hence, as the neceffary Relations arifing by Nature betwixt particular Men, and the mutual Obligations c'onfequent thereupon, are the Reafon and Ground of Menfs entring intd public Societies, in order to fecure and maintain; their Natural Rights, which are the Foundation of thofe Laws by which they confent to be govern'df; and to make them the Rule of their Actions to-s Wards-one another So Secondly; The Relations which whole dilhne't Societies hear to one another, and the rediprocal Obligations ari Ying thence, are the Foundation of the great zmiver-x fal Law'of Nations, which cannot or limited, or difpens'd with by any Law of any parti-z cular Society 3 all Nations having an equal penitent ment in it, and Right to the Benefit of It. And further, T birdly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.