There are in Paul's letters passages which look both in the direction of that anticipation, and in the other one of expecting to taste death. Romans 2:29; Romans 13:3 Read chapter in King James Version. And, if the one cannot be restrained from causing the death which is imminent unless the other which is contrary to it increase, the preacher must be content by skilful management in his exhortation to suffer one to increase, to the end that he may keep the …Leo the Great—Writings of Leo the Great, One Metaphor and Two Meanings'I must work the works of Him that sent Me, while it is day: the night cometh when no man can work.' 1. 5Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. Since God hath assumed to himself the power and Dominion of the Conscience, who alone can rightly instruct and govern it, therefore it is not lawful [1226] for any whosoever, by virtue of any authority or principality they bear in the government of this world, to force the consciences of others; and therefore all killing, banishing, fining, imprisoning, and other such things which are inflicted …Robert Barclay—Theses Theologicae and An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, That Sometimes Lighter vices are to be Left Alone, that More Grievous Ones May be Removed. (, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. 3For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Well, do the thing that is right, and then he will commend you.- Weymouth BibleFor rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. 1. --JOHN ix. It first appears, in a very rudimentary form, in the earliest of the Epistles, that to the Thessalonians. 2Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? It is not the law-abiding, but the lawless, who fear the law. Scripture Formatting × Scripture Formatting. 1Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. --to have no reason to fear your ruler. 12. "If we Say that we have no Sin, we Deceive Ourselves, and the Truth is not in Us. xiii. Of all autobiographies none has so happily avoided the reef of vanity and self-praise, and none has won so much esteem and love through its honesty and humility as that of St. Augustin. This is the general rule. It appears here in a letter which belongs to the middle of his career, and it appears finally in the Epistle to the Ephesians, in its fully developed and drawn-out shape, at almost the end of his work. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor; love therefore is the fulfilment of the law. Wouldest thou then not be afraid - There is one fear which precedes evil actions, and deters from them: this should always remain. All rights reserved. Since God hath assumed to himself the power and Dominion of the Conscience, who alone can rightly instruct and govern it, therefore it is not lawful [1226] for any whosoever, by virtue of any authority or principality they bear in the government of this world, to force the consciences of others; and therefore all killing, banishing, fining, imprisoning, and other such things which are inflicted, Theses Theologicae and An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, But since, when the sickness of two vices attacks a man, one presses upon him more lightly, and the other perchance more heavily, it is undoubtedly right to haste to the succour of that through which there is the more rapid tendency to death. If you would have no fear of the authority, do good and you will have praise;- Basic English BibleFor rulers are not a terror to a good work, but to an evil [one]. --ROMANS xiii. --JOHN ix. do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: 4For he is the minister of God to thee for good. 11. Dost thou desire then not to be afraid of the authority? The North African Church under the Vandals.