The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 10J. Johnson, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, Otridge and Son, J. Sewell, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, R. Faulder, G. and J. Robinson, R. Lea, J. Nunn, W. Cuthell, T. Egerton, ... [and 12 others], 1801 |
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... clergy , and would have them live in poverty and dependence : both these sorts are much commended by the fanaticks for moderate men , ready to put an end to our divisions , and to make a general union among protestants . Many ignorant ...
... clergy , and would have them live in poverty and dependence : both these sorts are much commended by the fanaticks for moderate men , ready to put an end to our divisions , and to make a general union among protestants . Many ignorant ...
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... clergy , wherever their number or favour- ers will bear them out ; insomuch that one wilful refractory fanatick , hath been able to disturb a whole parish for many years together . But the most mode- rate and favoured divines dare not ...
... clergy , wherever their number or favour- ers will bear them out ; insomuch that one wilful refractory fanatick , hath been able to disturb a whole parish for many years together . But the most mode- rate and favoured divines dare not ...
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... clergy , with ex- ceptions only to a very few , who , he hopeth , and probably upon false grounds , are as ready to betray their rights and properties as himself . He thinketh the power of the people can never be too great , nor that of ...
... clergy , with ex- ceptions only to a very few , who , he hopeth , and probably upon false grounds , are as ready to betray their rights and properties as himself . He thinketh the power of the people can never be too great , nor that of ...
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... clergy ; taxing whatever they disliked as a remnant of popery ; and continued extremely troublesome to the church and state , under that great queen , as well as her successor king James I. These people called themselves puri- tans , as ...
... clergy ; taxing whatever they disliked as a remnant of popery ; and continued extremely troublesome to the church and state , under that great queen , as well as her successor king James I. These people called themselves puri- tans , as ...
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... clergy , accusing chiefly the very best among them of popery ; and at the same time , the house of commons grew so in- solent and uneasy to the king , that they refused to furnish him with necessary supplies for the support of his ...
... clergy , accusing chiefly the very best among them of popery ; and at the same time , the house of commons grew so in- solent and uneasy to the king , that they refused to furnish him with necessary supplies for the support of his ...
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Page 104 - Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 52 - Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness ; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens...
Page 37 - Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Page 214 - GOOD manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest persons uneasy is the best bred in the company.
Page 85 - Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
Page 87 - And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council, and set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law : for we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
Page 165 - Thou hast promised that where two or three are gathered together in Thy name Thou wilt be in the midst of them...
Page 245 - Do not we see how easily we pardon our own actions and passions, and the very infirmities of our bodies : why should it be wonderful to find us pardon our own dulness...
Page 35 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Page 67 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united! For in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.