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But by taking a narrower view of the principles and doctrines which they have roundly and plainly asserted, and endeavored to justify in their printed pamphlets anent civil government, the reception and belief of which they zealously inculcate upon their followers, it will appear, that their scheme is so far from tending to promote the declarative glory of God, and the real good of human and religious society, or the church of God, which are the very ends of the divine ordinance of magistracy, that it is not only unscriptural, but anti-scriptural, contrary to the common sentiments of mankind, and introductive of anarchy and confusion in every nation, should it be thoroughly adopted, and therefore ought to be testified against.

The Reformed Presbytery - Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive

There hath been little zeal or endeavour for such a uniformity, little praying for it, or mourning over the obstructions of it; but, upon the contrary, a toleration was embraced, introductive of a sectarian multiformity of religion without a testimony against the toleration even of Popery itself, under the usurper James, Duke of York; and since the Revolution the land hath done exceeding much to harden them. 1st, By accepting such persons to the royal dignity over this realm as had sworn to maintain the Antichristian hierarchy of Prelacy, with all the superstitions and ceremonies of the Church of England, and who countenance a multiformity in the worship of God and government of the church, and do not suppress such as are unsound and heterodox in the fundamental articles of the Christian faith.

The Reformed Presbytery - The Auchensaugh Renovation of the National Covenant and: Solemn League and Covenant: With the Acknowledgment of Sins and Engagement to Duties, as They: Were Renewed at Auchensaugh, Near Douglas, July 24, 1712. (Compared: With the Editions of Paisley, 1820, and Belfast, 1835.) Also, The: Renovation of These Public Federal Deeds Ordained at Philadelphia,: October 8, 1880, by the Reformed Presbytery, with Accommodation of: the Original Covenants, in Both Transactions, to Their Times and: Positions Respectively

The author writes with the prejudice of a zealous Roman Catholic against the doctrine of the Reformation, which he here distinguishes by the name of Lutheranism. This was owing to the artifices of the Romish clergy in those days, by whom the reformed religion was misinterpreted, as introductive of licentiousness and debauchery.

Luigi Cornaro - Discourses on a Sober and Temperate Life: Wherein is demonstrated, by his own Example, the Method: of Preserving Health to Extreme Old Age

Tunbridge Wells, thence shifting to Chetwode Lodge, Mr. Babington-Herle's house, on Rusthall Common, within two miles of the town. PROEM: Introductive of Captain Francis Audaine It appears convenient here to pursue Miss Allonby on her stroll about the Pantiles in company with Captain Audaine.

James Branch Cabell - Gallantry: Dizain des Fetes Galantes

Thirdly, and lastly, the machines and instruments of trade, etc. which compose the fixed capital, bear this further resemblance to that part of the circulating capital which consists in money; that as every saving in the expense of erecting and supporting those machines, which does not diminish the introductive powers of labour, is an improvement of the neat revenue of the society; so every saving in the expense of collecting and supporting that part of the circulating capital which consists in money is an improvement of exactly the same kind.

Adam Smith - An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

A principle that in its nature and tendency is introductive of all anarchy and confusion, and with the greatest propriety deserves the encomium of the anti-government scheme.

The Reformed Presbytery - Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive

In the interval between this recognition of my services and my return to Rio de Janeiro, an unfortunate change had taken place in the Councils of His Imperial Majesty, introductive of persons more favourable to the interests of Portugal than to furtherance of the judicious measures contemplated by His Majesty for the consolidation of the newly-constituted empire.

Earl of Thomas Cochrane Dundonald - Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil,: from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 2