The Puritan Age And Rule in the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay 1629 1685
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" Thus saith the high and lofty One that in- habiteth eternity, whose name is Holy : I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit. " 2 It is not in place here to present in fur ther details examples of the two methods by which Divine communications were believed to be made and certified, that is, by marvels, portents, visions, and miracles, and by inspirations and inner illuminations. The Puritans 1 Judges vi. 37-40. " Isaiah Ivii. 15. THE BIBLICAL C...OMMONWEALTH. 183 received the sacred volume, as thus divinely attested to them, as revealing the will of God, as the " Word of God. " Why should it not furnish them not only the rule for their individual life, but also the statute-book for civil administration for themselves and for their rule to be exercised over others ? We have here intimated the radical and fatal difficulty which the leaders in the planting of this State had pre pared for themselves in the inception of a Biblical com monwealth.
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