The church have no power to inflict corporal punishment. The flock, and not the fleece, are, or ought to be, the objects of the shepherd's care.
That nation was once powerful; but now they are feeble.
RULE XI.
A noun of multitude, conveying plurality of idea, must have a verb or pronoun agreeing with it in the plural; as, "The council were divided in their sentiments."
FALSE SYNTAX.
My people doth not consider.
The multitude eagerly pursues pleasure as its chief good.
The committee was divided in its sentiments, and it has referred the business to the general meeting.
The people rejoices in that which should give it sorrow.