A Masterpiece on Politics
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Excerpt from A Masterpiece on Politics: In Ten Letters, Addressed to Mr. G. Beaumont, Minister of the Gospel, at Norwich; Containing Weighty Arguments to Shew That It Is the Duty of All Men, but Especially Christians, to Attend to Politics; Recommended to the Perusal of All Classes of Society That universal suffrage is ordained of God- Reason why Christ and the apostles did not teach politics. - A description of religion. - The manner of choosing Saul to be king, and for what purpose. Contains further proofs, that as God did give all men authority to punish evil-doers, he has never disqualified any, by any gifts or powers conferred on individuals. That the Christian religion lays us under a double obligation to attend to politics. Contains a serious question, - "What is evil-doing?" An enquiry, who is sufficient to answer it? On the vast exertion to inculcate obedience to men in power. On what men in power say is evil-doing. The author´s disobedience, and on what terms he obtained mercy. Willing obedience to improper authority is a crime. How to know whether the men in power are the proper authority to say what is evil-doing. That none but God and the public have authority to say what is evil-doing. On punishment. The effects of just and unjust punishment; how to know the quantity that is just. On the dreadful punishments that are now inflicted. On the wickedness of teaching any, one to neglect politics. The author´s definition of the word politics. - God has placed the management of politics in the hands of the whole. On the reason why injustice, oppression, and violence yet rage in the earth. - On what is the sovereign power; it can do no wrong. Contains remarks on the use of kings. The author declines stating his opinion fully, and the reason why. the first and great concern politics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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