 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 416 páginas
...destructive to the state, as to the church. It was the advice of Jethro to his son-in-law Moses, to " provide able men, such as fear God, men " of truth, hating covetousness," and to place such over the people ; and Moses, who was as wise a statesman at least as any in this age,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 418 páginas
...destructive to the state, as to the church. It was the advice of Jethro to his son-in-law Moses, to " provide able men, such as fear God, men " of truth, hating covetousness," and to place such over the people ; and Moses, who was as wise a statesman at least as any in this age,... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 páginas
...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, and I will... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 676 páginas
...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 and authority,... | |
 | William Steel Dickson - 1812 - 522 páginas
...an dispensable quality in men who are to be intrusted with civil power. " * Provide, out of all the people, able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness :" " f Wise men, and understanding, known among your tribes, and place such to be rulers over you ;"... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1813 - 550 páginas
...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 páginas
...destructive to the state as to the church. It was the advice of Jethro to his son-in-law Moses, to " provide able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness," and to place, such over the people; and Moses, who was as wise a statesman at least as any in this age,... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 632 páginas
...and he saw how Moses was overwhelmed with judging all the people alone, and he advised him to choose able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness, and set them over thousands, and hundreds, and fifties, and tens, to judge the smaller matters, while Moses... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 630 páginas
...and he saw how Moses was overwhelmed with judging all the people alone, and he advised him to choose able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness, and set them over thousands, and hundreds, and fifties, and tens, to judge the smaller matters, while Moses... | |
 | John Evans - 1831 - 322 páginas
...Deity. Thou shalt provide (says the Jewish Legislator, Exod. xviii. 21. — xxiii. 6. 8.) out of all the people ABLE MEN, such as fear God, — men of truth,...hating covetousness, — and place such over them. Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause ; keep thee far from a false matter, and... | |
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Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness... 
