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On the Government of God. a Treatise Wherein Are Shown by Argument and by Examples Drawn from the Abandoned Society of the Times the Ways of God Toward His Creatures.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Records of Civilization. Sources and Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian life--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Christian life.
- Providence and government of God.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1930]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Proposes that the decline of the Roman power demonstrated God's government and judgment of human actions, since the sins of the Romans were such as had always been visited with instant punishment.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Preface, to Salonius
- Book I. The government of God proved by the general conviction of mankind, and by his judgment recounted in the books of Moses
- Book II. The immediate judgment of God as seen in the history of King David
- Book III. On the obligations of the Christian life
- Book IV. On the oppressions wrought by the Roman nobles, and the guilt of Christians as compared with pagans
- Book V. On heresy, and on the oppression of the poor by the powerful throughout the Roman Empire
- Book VI. On the ruinous influence of circuses and spectacles
- Book VII. Wherein Roman vice is contrasted with Vandal virtue
- Book VIII. That the sins of the Romans are alone responsible for their ruin
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- ISBN:
- 0-231-88750-7
- OCLC:
- 1100452459
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