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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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CONCLUDE, v.t. [L., to shut; Gr., contracted. The sense is to stop, make fast, shut, or rather to thrust together. Hence in Latin, claudo signifies to halt, or limp, that is, to stop, as well as to shut. See Lid.]
CONCLUDE, v.i.
To
shut up; to inclose.
[Obs.]
The very person of Christ [was] concluded
within the grave. To include; to comprehend; to shut up
together; to embrace.
[Obs.]
For God hath concluded all in unbelief. The Scripture hath concluded all under
sin. To reach as an end of reasoning; to
infer, as from premises; to close, as an argument, by inferring;
-- sometimes followed by a dependent clause.
No man can conclude God's love or hatred to
any person by anything that befalls him. Therefore we conclude that a man is
justified by faith. To make a final determination or
judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.
But no frail man, however great or high, Is it concluded he shall be protector? To bring to an end; to close; to
finish.
I will conclude this part with the speech
of a counselor of state. To bring about as a result; to effect;
to make; as, to conclude a bargain.
"If we
conclude a peace." Shak. To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to
estop; to bar; -- generally in the passive; as, the defendant is
concluded by his own plea; a judgment concludes the
introduction of further evidence argument.
If therefore they will appeal to revelation for
their creation they must be concluded by it. Syn. -- To infer; decide; determine; settle; close; finish; terminate; end. To come to a termination; to make an end;
to close; to end; to terminate.
A train of lies, And, to conclude, To form a final judgment; to reach a
decision.
Can we conclude upon Luther's
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