 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 416 Seiten
...persons affect to be open despisers of religion, their counsels will be found at last, to be fully as destructive to the state, as to the church. It was...statesman at least as any in this age, thought fit to follow that advice. Great abilities, without the fear of God, are most dangerous instruments, when... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 Seiten
...XCVIII. Qualifications of the civil magistrate. Exod. xviii. 21. Thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness, and place such to be rulers. Deut. i. 13. Take ye wise men and understanding, known among your tribes,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 496 Seiten
...fully as destructive to the state as to the church. It was the advice of Jethro to his son-in-la\v Moses, to " provide able men, such as fear God, men...to place such over the people; and Moses, who was es wise a statesman at least as any in this age, thought fit to follow that advice. Great abilities,... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 676 Seiten
...therefore, should do according to the counsel of Jethro : Exod. xviii. 21. Provide, out of all the people, able men ; such, as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness : and place such as these over them. But where this course is not taken ; but such are intrusted with command... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1813 - 550 Seiten
...the important trusts reposed in them. He directed his people, in the choice of their civil officers, "to provide able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness." And he said by the mouth of David, "he that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in tke fear of God." Though... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 462 Seiten
...persons affect to be open despisers of religion, their counsels will be found at last to be fully as destructive to the state as to the church. It was...statesman at least as any in this age, thought fit to follow that advice. Great abilities, without the fear of God, are most dangerous instruments, when... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 470 Seiten
...persons affect to be open despisers of religion, their counsels will be found at last to be fully as destructive to the state as to the church. It was...statesman at least as any in this age, thought fit to follow that advice. Great abilities, without the fear of God, are most dangerous instruments, when... | |
 | 1815 - 706 Seiten
...they must walk, and the work that they must do. 21 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... | |
 | William Brown (M.D.) - 1816 - 542 Seiten
...proposed by Jethro to Moses in the wilderness: " 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... | |
 | 1879 - 822 Seiten
...men who should be sought and promoted to office, namely, " Thou shall 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, . . . and let them judge the people at all seasons." Then in reference... | |
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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... 
