Bible Dictionary: Truth: Magistrates should be Men of

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Exodus 18:21
Moreover you 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 of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
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St. Justin Martyr (Ad 166)
... old man, ordered that governors and magistrates should not give way ... outcries, and
that the Christians should no longer ... as they had no certain truth from heaven ...
/.../chapter iii st justin martyr.htm

Men Desire to Observe the Rules of Learning, but Neglect the ...
... from nuts, and balls, and sparrows, to magistrates and kings ... even hadst Thou willed
that I should not survive ... insignificant, I learnt to take pleasure in truth. ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter xviii men desire to observe.htm

Scriptures Showing the Sin and Danger of Joining with Wicked and ...
... xiv. He that is accustomed to speak truth in private, will in his common speech
be a faithful ... Ver.8. Magistrates should scatter away evil men with their ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/section v scriptures showing the.htm

Letter cclxxxix. Without Address. Concerning an Afflicted Woman.
... find a delight"such is the pleasure men naturally feel ... shew no sympathy; others believe
the truth of these ... by the Apostle, that the magistrates should be a ...
/.../basil letters and select works/letter cclxxxix without address concerning.htm

Answer to Mr. W's Third Objection.
... his power and divine character, and of the truth of his ... the miracles of Jesus, of
any kind, should be generally perform'd on magistrates and wealthy ...
/.../section iii answer to mr.htm

part iv.
... city were roughly handled, lest they should accuse them ... dragged along to trial, and
the magistrates witnessed the ... he will be able to alter the truth, as easily ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/part iv.htm

Whether the Judicial Precepts were Suitably Framed as to the ...
... Dt.16:18) that "judges and magistrates" should be appointed in ... number, in token of
the unerring truth of the ... of the sin; and lest men should be horrified at ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the judicial precepts were 3.htm

The Persecutions of the Church.
... in Christ, we are of all men most miserable ... and hold himself responsible for the
truth of an ... issued a rescript requiring that the magistrates should in future ...
/.../killen/the ancient church/chapter ii the persecutions of.htm

Coming Judgment of the Secrets of Men
... day, like that of our local magistrates; but this ... world in righteousness, and the
people with his truth. ... judgment unto the Son: that all men should honour the ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 31 1885/coming judgment of the secrets.htm

Human Government.
... It is a first truth, that whatever is essential to ... the right and the duty of magistrates
to inflict them, whenever the needful occasion should call for ...
/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture xx human government.htm