Let us be doubly careful that we do not at any time ascribe to creatures the honour due to God alone, . Dickson: “Praise of the valour and gallantry of victorious soldiers must not separate between God and the victor: but whatsoever God doth in us or by us, must be no less wholly ascribed unto God, than if he had done all the work without us; for, both the valour of the instrument, and the victory are the works of the Lord.”
Hosea 4:6. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge
In a short time there will (we have reason to fear) remain but two kinds of persons among us, either those who think not at all, or those whose imaginations are active indeed, but continually evil. Of these latter it may be said, "Their foolish heart was darkened." Of the principles, I do not say of the detail, of political science, a sound theology is the only sure and steady basis. Now we trace the operations by which a destruction so extended in its consequences has been effected. The master-spring of every principle which can permanently secure the stability of a people is the fear and knowledge of Almighty God. The first operation of a principle of atheism, and perhaps one of the most formidable in its consequences, is that which leads political men to conceive of Christianity as a mere auxiliary to the State. Religion was not instituted (in the Divine council I mean) for the purpose of society and government, but society and government for the purposes of religion. As a...
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