Magistrates: should Defend the Poor

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Job 29:12,16
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
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'A Mirror for Magistrates'
... which he gives to these peasant magistrates bears on ... two divisions, ecclesiastical
and civil, as we should say, the ... the pleas are begun, 'God defend the right ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/a mirror for magistrates.htm

The Poor Man's Friend
... what was his by right, the very magistrates and rulers ... have the Divine Advocate who
alone can defend us against ... If anybody from the other side should wait upon ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 53 1907/the poor mans friend.htm

Of Civil Government.
... effect is the exhortation in the Psalm, "Defend the poor ... to teach others why there
are magistrates, and to ... honour, and tranquillity, so that it should be their ...
/.../the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 20 of civil government.htm

Christ's Sermon on the Mount in Manner and Contents it So ...
... In the psalm he exclaims: "Defend the fatherless and ... a ridiculous one (although I
should perhaps add ... the Gentiles, whether servants or magistrates." [3979] Now ...
/.../tertullian/the five books against marcion/chapter xiv christs sermon on the.htm

Peter of Chelcic, 1419-1450.
... was right for us to take up arms to defend the truth ... They must never act as judges
or magistrates. ... Instead of living in godless towns, they should try to settle ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter iv peter of chelcic.htm

From the Fourth to the Seventh Commandment
... "Magistrates""that is, civil rulers, like the president, governor ... He never opened
His lips to defend Himself, but ... Those who suffer should find comfort in this ...
/.../kinkead/baltimore catechism no 4/lesson 33 from the fourth.htm

The Roman Power.
... After the magistrates had served a year at Rome, they were ... before him, thus asking
a heathen who should be the ... but that the Jews would not defend themselves on ...
//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson xix the roman power.htm

Article xxiii (xi): of the Marriage of Priests.
... This duty pertains to the magistrates, who ought to ... exhort incontinent men to marriage,
and should exhort others not ... men in being willing to defend this unjust ...
/.../the apology of the augsburg confession/part 28 article xxiii xi .htm

The Fifth Book
... acts, the wicked decisions of the magistrates, the proscription ... procedure; on the
contrary, I should laud the ... order to rob them, that they defend the wretched ...
//christianbookshelf.org/salvian/on the government of god/the fifth book.htm

On Mr. Mccabe and a Divine Frivolity
... morals, it is a joke about police-magistrates or scientific ... I am much inclined to
defend myself in this matter ... Why should he be so ardent in desiring grave and ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/heretics/xvi on mr mccabe and.htm

Subtopics

Magistrates

Magistrates are Appointed by God

Magistrates are Ministers of God

Magistrates are not a Terror to the Good, But to the Evil

Magistrates: Good: Daniel

Magistrates: Good: Gideon

Magistrates: Good: Job

Magistrates: Good: Joseph

Magistrates: Good: Nehemiah

Magistrates: Good: Samuel

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