Sunday, March 2, 2025

#1 Extra Addition John Locke's Government Treatise: A Letter Concerning Toleration

 



Day 1, Page 1 and 3b
Extra Addition to John Locke's Second Treatise of Civil Government. The second half of the book is A Letter Concerning Toleration. The first book on government is founded on this letter. Real, true Christianity is biblical. It is not today's Christianity. It is not made up of arbitrary rules, laws, and doctrines—false teachings of mere men because evil men are counterfeiting money. Evil people are inventing things no one using gold and silver coins would ever afford or spend their money on.  The average wage is a silver dime, and the average pay is 3 silver dollars a month. A gold piece is $10 and is earned in about 9 months. No one needs a lot of money. Judas was given 30 pieces of silver; the Potters Field was about 9 months pay or a $10 gold piece. Men who love and worship God trust God for land, animals, wives, children, herds, and their own crops; they grow themselves, well water, and horses for transportation. . Homes they build with their own two hands

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Page Numbers are from the PDF not te printed book

Day 2, Page 3b

 Extra Addition to John Locke's Second Treatise of Civil Government. The second half of the book is A Letter Concerning Toleration. The first book on government is founded on this letter. Government and Ecclesiastic Empire of the Kingdom of Christ, Christendom. On the Earth. ***rather marks of men striving for power and empire over one another than of the Church of Christ*** ......Real, true Christianity is biblical. It is not today's Christianity. It is not made up of arbitrary rules, laws, and doctrines—false teachings of mere men because evil men are counterfeiting money. Evil people are inventing things no one using gold and silver coins would ever afford or spend their money on. The average wage being a silver dime, and the average paid is 3 dollars a month. Men who love and worship God trust God for land, animals, wives, children, herds, and their own crops; they grow themselves, well water, and horses for transportation. 

Homes they build with their own two hands.Let anyone have never so true a claim to all these things, yet if he be destitute of charity, meekness, and good-will in general towards all mankind, even to those that are not Christians, he is certainly yet short of being a true Christian himself. “The kings of the Gentiles exercise leadership over them,” said our Saviour to his disciples, “but ye shall not be so.”1 The business of true religion is quite another thing. It is not instituted in order to the erecting of an external pomp, nor to the obtaining of ecclesiastical dominion, nor to the exercising of compulsive force, but to the regulating of men’s lives, according to the rules of virtue and piety. {PG this sentence means going to a grand Cathedral and following a written-out service listing to an expert priest, etc.} Whosoever will list himself under the banner of Christ, must, in the first place and above all things, make war upon his own lusts and vices. It is in vain for any man to unsurp the name of Christian, without holiness of life, purity of manners, benignity and meekness of spirit. “Let everyone that nameth the name of Christ, depart from iniquity.”2 “Thou, when thou art converted, strengthenthy brethren,” said our Lord to Peter.
Day 3, Tuesday March 4, 2025
Tuesday March 4 and Wednesday, March 5th are the same.

away their lives—I say, if all this be done merely to make men Christians and procure their salvation, why then do they suffer whoredom, fraud, malice, and such-like enormities, which (according to the apostle)4 manifestly relish of heathenish corruption, to predominate so much and abound amongst their flocks and people? These, and such-like things, are certainly more contrary to the glory of God, to the purity of the Church, and to the salvation of souls, than any conscientious dissent from ecclesiastical decisions, or separation from public worship, whilst accompanied with innocence of life. Why, then, does this burning zeal for God, for the Church, and for the salvation of souls—burning I say, literally, with fire and faggot—pass by those moral vices and wickednesses, without any chastisement, which are acknowledged by all men to be diametrically opposite to the profession of Christianity, and bend all its nerves either to the introducing of ceremonies, or to the establishment of opinions, which for the most part are about nice and intricate matters, that exceed the capacity of ordinary understandings? Which of the parties contending about these things is in the right, which of them is guilty of schism or heresy, whether those that domineer or those that suffer, will then at last be manifest when the causes of their separation comes to be judged of He, certainly, that follows Christ, embraces His doctrine, and bears His yoke, though he forsake both father and mother, separate from the public assemblies and ceremonies of his country, or whomsoever or whatsoever else he relinquishes, will not then be judged a heretic.

The government and the church will scream about right and wrong moral stands. While burning innocent people at the public stake. But as an example with the Taters, they ignore the obvious grooming crimes going on. They kick out foreigners, shut down woke perversion in public school, but allow a self-deflamationing, self-discriminating, confessed guilty person who has testified against himself in volumes and records. Men want to leave the doors of America wide open for it to come into the front door. If I were someone who cusses and uses swear words, I'd say  What........ 
Day 4, Page 4a of 40  Wednesday, -March 5, 2025
Extra Addition to John Locke's Second Treatise of Civil Government. The second half of the book is A Letter Concerning Toleration. The first book on government is founded on this letter. Real, true Christianity is biblical. It is not today's Christianity. It is not made up of arbitrary rules, laws, and doctrines—false teachings of mere men because evil men are counterfeiting money. Evil people are inventing things no one using gold and silver coins would ever afford or spend their money on. The average wage being a silver dime, and the average paid is 3 dollars a month. Men who love and worship God trust God for land, animals, wives, children, herds, and their own crops; they grow themselves, well water, and horses for transportation. . Homes they build with their own two hands.


Day 5  Thursday March 6, 2025 4b of 40 
PG here, 4b of 40 pages Letter a Toleration. of Christian denominations and ways of worship. Now, though the divisions that are amongst sects should be allowed to be never so obstructive of the salvation of souls; yet, nevertheless, adultery, fornication, uncleanliness, lasciviousness, idolatry, and such-like things, cannot be denied to be works of the flesh, concerning which the apostle has expressly declared that “they who do them shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”5 Whosoever, therefore, is sincerely solicitous about the kingdom of God and thinks it his duty to endeavour the enlargement of it amongst men, ought to apply himself with no less care and industry to the rooting out of these immoralities than to the extirpation of sects. But if anyone do otherwise, and whilst he is cruel and implacable towards those that differ from him in opinion, he be indulgent to such iniquities and immoralities as are unbecoming the name of a Christian, let such a one talk never so much of the Church, he plainly demonstrates by his actions that it is another kingdom he aims at and not the advancement of the kingdom of God.That any man should think fit to cause another man—whose salvation he heartily desires—to expire in torments, and that even in an unconverted state, would, I confess, seem very strange to me, and I think, to any other also. But nobody, surely, will ever believe that such a carriage can proceed from charity, love, or goodwill. If anyone maintain that men ought to becompelled by fire and sword to profess certain doctrines, and conform tothis or that exterior worship, without any regard had unto their morals; if
Day 6,  March 7, 2025  Friday  
















Day 7, March 8th and 9th, 2025 Saturday
Skipped because I applied effort into 
Friday's post

#4 John Locke Second Treatise of Civil Government "Of Property" End of Chapter 5



5b of 40
Commentary... The government does not make laws concerning how people worship God. The Gospel of Jesus Christ Gospel the New Testament, leaves room for personal freedom of worship in several scripture passages. One on celebrating religious holidays, another on circumcision, and another on sin. To one it may pick his conscience; to another it isn't a sin.  Distinquished difference between civil government and religious ruling. It must be seaparate. Because there will always be strife between those who say they care about the salvation of men's souls while others care about commonwealth of the people. 
Todays paragraph excerpts... The toleration of those that differ from others in matters of religion is so agreeable to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to the genuine reason of mankind, that it seems monstrous for men to be so blind as not to perceive the necessity and advantage of it in so clear a light................
 in a word, that none may impose either upon himself or others, by the pretences of loyalty and obedience to the prince, or of tenderness and sincerity in the worship of God; I esteem it above all things necessary to distinguish exactly the business of civil government from that of religion and to settle the just bounds that lie between the one and the other. If this be not done, there can be no end put to the controversies that will be always arising between those that have, or at least pretend to have, on the one side, a concernment for the interest of men’s souls, and, on the other side, a care of the commonwealth. 
The commonwealth seems to me to be a society of men constituted only for the procuring, preserving, and advancing their own civil interests. Civil interests I call life, liberty, health, and indolency of body; and the possession of outward things, such as money, lands, houses, furniture, and the like..
Day 9, Tuesday, March 11th, 2025 
Chapter 6, 

6a of 40

Self Explanatory: A government judge is to bring firth justice when some violates the God given rights of another person. But the judge isn't in a position to use punishment to save a persons soul. Cruel and unusual even tortuorous means were being applied by judges in this time period. Their excuse was to save their souls.  Of course all punishment must come from a servant of God.Acting as the hand of God to cause repentence from sin. and remorse for the wrong done or punishment is worthless.  The course is that the person never wants to do that  again.  Punishment from a parent soles purpose is the have someone meditate on the wrong, thinking why it was so wrong and for him to feel so much remorse he calls out to God too save and deliver him from this sin. .......Exceptrs:  It is the duty of the civil magistrate, by the impartial execution of equal laws, to secure unto all the people in general and to every one of his subjects in particular the just possession of these things belonging to this life. If anyone presume to violate the laws of public justice and equity, established for the preservation of those things, his presumption is to be checked by the fear of punishment, consisting of the deprivation or diminution of those civil interests, or goods, which otherwise he might and ought to enjoy. But seeing no man does willingly suffer himself to be punished by the deprivation of any part of his goods, and much less of his liberty or life, therefore, is the magistrate armed with the force and strength of all his subjects, in order to the punishment of those that violate any other man’s rights. Now that the whole jurisdiction of the magistrate reaches only to these civil concernments, and that all civil power, right and dominion, is bounded and confined to the only care of promoting these things; and that it neither can nor ought in any manner to be extended to the salvation of souls, these following considerations seem unto me abundantly to demonstrate. First, because the care of souls is not committed to the civil magistrate, any more than to other men. It is not committed unto him, I say, by God;


Day 10, Wednesday, March 12th, 2025 
Chapter 6, 

6b of 40

At the time of this writing, men were confiscating property, imprisoning men, and torturing men with the excuse to save their souls. It was to steal their property. Period, in the name of the church, the king, or God. Just like the government does today. All beliefs are a religion. An occult. This half of a page is saying no one can force someone to believe in God. But they also cannot force them to believe in their religion. Which the government does every day. Extra Addition to John Locke's Second Treatise of Civil Government. The second half of the book is A Letter Concerning Toleration. The first book on government is founded on this letter. Real, true Christianity is biblical. It is not today's Christianity. It is not made up of arbitrary rules, laws, and doctrines—false teachings of mere men because evil men are counterfeiting money. Evil people are inventing things no one using gold and silver coins would ever afford or spend their money on. The average wage is a silver dime, and the average pay is 3 silver dollars a month. A gold piece is $10 and is earned in about 9 months. No one needs a lot of money. Judas was given 30 pieces of silver; the Potters Field was about 9 months pay or a $10 gold piece. Men who love and worship God trust God for land, animals, wives, children, herds, and their own crops; they grow themselves, well water, and horses for transportation. . Homes they build with their own two hands.


DAY 14,PG here, Sunday, March 16, 2025. Extra Benefits f

rom John Locke, "A Letter Concerning Toleration." 7a of 40 pages based on 

the pdf on thumbnail. . The tolerance of the different sects of the ***Christian religion.*** Which our Republican is founded on. "The Truths" in the Bible. The Declaration of Independence begins with the phrase, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." 

Rights that come to men who have rejected sin, corruption, lust, greed, jealousy, love of money, pride, and arrogance. Men who have humbled themselves and accepted Jesus work on the cross for the forgiveness of our sins. Our souls, physical beings, minds are transformed into saints, children of God. A government only for those with the highest moral standards under Jesus Christ as Savior, redeemer, King, and Lord. Catholic, Baptists, Methodists, Lutherans, Pentecostals, Anglican/Episcopal, Holiness, Presbyterian, Wesleyan, Orthodox, Jews, etc. Toleration of differences in worshipping God. 7a...This page is about the magistrate being a servant of God for justice and the protection of God-given life, liberties, freedoms, pursuit of happiness, and man's right to worship God without constraint into another's religious worship. Government cannot be used to change a person's beliefs; it cannot change a soul. Only God and the 'holy Spirit can
 convert a soul.




DAY 15, March 17, 2025, Pages 7b 8a of 40, according to the pdf below. A Letter Concerning Toleration John Locke 


Extra Addition to John Locke's Second Treatise of Civil Government. The second half of the book is A Letter Concerning Toleration. The first book on government is founded on this letter. Real, true Christianity is biblical. It is not today's Christianity. It is not made up of arbitrary rules, laws, and doctrines—false teachings of mere men because evil men are counterfeiting money. 
***PG here, One long run on sentence:***  

1.) In the third place, the care of the salvation of men’s souls cannot belong to
the magistrate; because, though the rigour of laws and the force of penalties were capable to convince and change men’s minds, yet would not that help at all to the salvation of their souls. For there being but one truth, one way to heaven, what hope is there that more men would be led into it if they had no rule but the religion of the court and were put under the necessity to quit the light of their own reason, and oppose the dictates of their own consciences, and blindly to resign themselves up to the will of their governors and to the religion which either ignorance, ambition, or superstition had chanced to establish in the countries where they were born?
......2.) Let us now consider what a church is. A church, then, I take to be a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together of their own accordin order to the public worshipping of God in such manner as they judge acceptable to Him, and effectual to the salvation of their souls.


PG here, Extra John Locke, Page 8b of 40. Day 16 Freedom of Religion. No one can be forced into a certain denomination or forced to worship God the way the government tells men. All churches need to have laws, rules who can stay who is excommunicated..........
{I say it is a free and voluntary society. Nobody is born a member of any church; otherwise the religion of parents would descend unto children by the same right of inheritance as their temporal estates, and everyone would hold his faith by the same tenure he does his lands, than which nothing can be imagined more absurd. Thus, therefore, that matter stands. No man by nature is bound unto any particular church or sect, but everyone joins himself voluntarily to that society in which he believes he has found that profession and worship which is truly acceptable to God. The hope of salvation, as it was the only cause of his entrance into that communion, so it can be the only reason of his stay there. For if afterwards he discover anything either erroneous in the doctrine or incongruous in the worship of that society to which he has joined himself, why should it not be as free for him to go out as it was to enter? No member of a religious society can be tied with any other bonds but what proceed from the certain expectation of eternal life. A church, then, is a society of members voluntarily uniting to that end. It follows now that we consider what is the power of this church and unto what laws it is subject. Forasmuch as no society, how free soever, or upon whatsoever slight occasion instituted, whether of philosophers for learning, of merchants for commerce, or of men of leisure for mutual conversation and discourse, no church or company, I say, can in the least subsist and hold together, but will presently dissolve and break in pieces, unless it be regulated by some laws, and the members all consent to observe some order. Place and time of meeting must be agreed on; rules for admitting and excluding members must be established; distinction of officers, and putting things into a regular course, and suchlike, cannot be omitted.}

1.) PG here, Jubilee people families return to their rightful land. Call on God. He will help you find your great-granddaddy's land, who bought the land with gold and silver coins. That is your legal inheritance. Talked to God about it. God will answer you. I'm very serious. God is just and fair, honest. Justice is coming. The system has been a lie, delusion, counterfeit, fake phony because of printing money that does not exist. My parents, born in 1926 and 1929, were under this strong delusion. Even though they both had used gold and silver coins and gold certificates and saw what Nixon did—Johnson's removal of silver out of the money—it killed my Dad as a cost Accountant at the age of 54, in 1981. Sub-conscientiously, he knew what was going on. It is real. God is going to go back to the 1930's, when gold was taken. Jubilee, return land farms and gold and silver coins to the original owners. The cancellation of all debt is the cancellation of everything done by a fiat debt instrument. 
PG here: 2.) Reduce all costs; any extra weights draining your fiat. sell everything you do not need but has value. During the depression, grow your own, raise animals, and have an income from some kind of work you are doing. Make sure you are not trespassing. An example: A public school building is not yours; you are trespassing. Trespassing. It is the biggest sin. Where you live, who originally owned the land? God gives each person their own land. Are you on your "Promised land" from your great-great grandfather's land? Find it.

Day 17  

PG here, Extra to John Locke, 8b, 9a out of 40 pages. A Letter Concerning Toleration.Day 17   8b.... But since the joining together of several members into this church-society, as has already been demonstrated, is absolutely free and spontaneous, it necessarily follows that the right of making its laws can belong to none but the society itself; or, at least (which is the same thing), to those whom the society by common consent has authorised thereunto. Some, perhaps, may object that no such society can be said to be a true church unless it have in it a bishop or presbyter, with ruling authority page 9a.....derived from the very apostles, and continued down to the present times by an uninterrupted succession. To these I answer: In the first place, let them show me the edict by which Christ has imposed that law upon His Church. And let not any man think me impertinent, if in a thing of this consequence I require that the terms of that edict be very express and positive; for the promise He has made us,6 that “wheresoever two or three are gathered together” in His name, He will be in the midst of them, seems to imply the contrary. Whether such an assembly want anything necessary to a true church, pray do you consider. Certain I am that nothing can be there wanting unto the salvation of souls, which is sufficient to our purpose. Next, pray observe how great have always been the divisions amongst even those who lay so much stress upon the Divine institution and continued succession of a certain order of rulers in the Church. Now, their very dissension unavoidably puts us upon a necessity of deliberating and, consequently, allows a liberty of choosing that which upon consideration we prefer. http://fs2.american.edu/dfagel/www/Philosophers/Locke/Letter Concerning Toleratin PDF.pdf

PG here. I am trying to print one page or half a page a day. A reading group. To unite America in the Truth and our honest Constitutional Republic made over 250 years ago based on the Bible and leading legal scholars, jurists, philosophers from 1517 to 1776. It is only 40 pages. Book club. DAY 18, March 20, 2025, Page 9b of 40, Pages based on pdf ***A Letter Concerning Toleration*** Author John Locke. http://fs2.american.edu/dfagel/www/Philosophers/Locke/Letter Concerning Toleratin PDF.pdf 
.....1. And, in the last place, I consent that these men have a ruler in their church, established by such a long series of succession as they judge necessary, provided I may have liberty at the same time to join myself to that society in which I am persuaded those things are to be found which are necessary to the salvation of my soul. In this manner ecclesiastical liberty will be preserved on all sides, and no man will have a legislator imposed upon him but whom himself has chosen. .....2. But since men are so solicitous about the true church, I would only ask them here, by the way, if it be not more agreeable to the Church of Christ to make the conditions of her communion consist in such things, and such things only, as the Holy Spirit has in the Holy Scriptures declared, in express words, to be necessary to salvation; I ask, I say, whether this be not more agreeable to the Church of Christ than for men to impose their own inventions and interpretations upon others as if they were of Divine authority, and to establish by ecclesiastical laws, as absolutely necessary to the profession of Christianity, such things as the Holy Scriptures do either not mention, or at least not expressly command? Whosoever requires those things in order to ecclesiastical communion, which Christ does not require in order to life eternal, he may, perhaps, indeed constitute a society accommodated to his own opinion and his own advantage; but how that can be called the Church of Christ which is established upon laws that are not His, and which excludes such persons from its communion as He will one day receive into the Kingdom of Heaven, I understand not. But this being not a proper place to inquire into the marks of the true church, I will only mind those that contend so earnestly for the decrees of their own society, and that cry out continually, “The Church! the Church!”
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