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Nothing is needed so much as a holy indignation against sin. It is true that there is not enough love for God, and one sign of it is that there is not enough hatred for sin.

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Jonathan Mayhew

There are men who strike at liberty under the term licentiousness

Liberty, Men, Strike, Strikes, Term
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The king is as much bound by his oath not to infringe the legal rights of the people, as the people are bound to yield subjection to him. From whence it follows that as soon as the prince sets himself above the law, he loses the king in the tyrant. He does, to all intents and purposes, un-king himself.

Bound, Intents, Kings, Legal, Rights, Yield

People are not usually deprived of their liberties all at once, but gradually, by one encroachment after another, as it is found they are disposed to bear them.

Bears, Deprived, Liberties, Liberty, People

Let us prize our freedom; but not use our liberty for a cloak of maliciousness

Cloak, Cloaks, Let, Liberty, Use

They are more properly ‘The Messengers of Satan to buffet us. ’ No rulers are properly God’s ministers, but such as are ‘just, ruling in the fear of God. ’ When once magistrates act contrary to their office, and the end of their institution when they rob and ruin the public, instead of being guardians of its peace … they immediately cease to be the ordinance and ministers of God, and no more deserve that glorious character than common pirates and highwaymen.

Act, Character, Fear, Office, Pirate, Rulers

To say that subjects in general are not proper judges (of the law) when their governors oppress them and play the tyrant, and when they defend their rights. . . is as great a treason as ever a man uttered.

Defend, Governors, Men, Rights, Subjects, Trust
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