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... nature , -a religion so worthy of God , -so advanta- geous to man , -built upon such firm and un- controvertible evidence , -confirmed by such proper and powerful arguments , that I was presently convinced of the divinity that re- sided ...
... nature , -a religion so worthy of God , -so advanta- geous to man , -built upon such firm and un- controvertible evidence , -confirmed by such proper and powerful arguments , that I was presently convinced of the divinity that re- sided ...
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... nature , " betray their friends and kinsfolk ; the brother delivering up the brother to death , and the father the child ; the children rising up against their parents , and causing them to be put to death . " This he well foresaw ( and ...
... nature , " betray their friends and kinsfolk ; the brother delivering up the brother to death , and the father the child ; the children rising up against their parents , and causing them to be put to death . " This he well foresaw ( and ...
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... nature , the christian religion was in substance the same with that of the ancient Jews , whose religion claimed the pre- cedence of all others in the world . The ancient patriarchs , " says Eusebius , " were the christians of the old ...
... nature , the christian religion was in substance the same with that of the ancient Jews , whose religion claimed the pre- cedence of all others in the world . The ancient patriarchs , " says Eusebius , " were the christians of the old ...
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... nature became more weak and unable to help itself . This we are sure of , that if what so lately came to pass had been necessary to have been done some thousand years ago , the supreme Creator would have done it ; or had it been ...
... nature became more weak and unable to help itself . This we are sure of , that if what so lately came to pass had been necessary to have been done some thousand years ago , the supreme Creator would have done it ; or had it been ...
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... nature , contributed to the peace and happiness of mankind . They did not , indeed , deny that some of the primitive christians declined en- gaging in wars , and were not forward in undertaking places of public authority and power ; but ...
... nature , contributed to the peace and happiness of mankind . They did not , indeed , deny that some of the primitive christians declined en- gaging in wars , and were not forward in undertaking places of public authority and power ; but ...
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Seite 137 - And hears the unexpressive nuptial song In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the Saints above, In solemn troops, and sweet societies, That sing, and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Seite 100 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Seite vii - And I saw no temple therein : for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun neither of the moon, to shine in it ; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it : and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
Seite 168 - Brethren, in the Primitive Church there was a godly discipline, that, at the beginning of Lent, such persons as stood convicted of notorious sin were put to open penance, and punished in this world, that their souls might be saved in the day of the Lord; and that others, admonished by their example, might be the more afraid to offend.
Seite 93 - LORD, we beseech thee, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil, and with pure hearts and minds to follow thee the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Seite 105 - The rule of not too much, by temperance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight, Till many years over thy head return : So mayst thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gathered, not harshly plucked, for death mature...
Seite 117 - For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake ; 30 Having the same conflict "which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
Seite 153 - Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour and evil-speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Seite 117 - ... the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit.
Seite 139 - A new commandment I give unto you : That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another.