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just and important in themselves , but strikingly applicable to the state of things at the present crisis : " Our next inquiry is , how we ought to behave " towards the Roman Catholics of the present day . " Not , surely , by inflicting ...
just and important in themselves , but strikingly applicable to the state of things at the present crisis : " Our next inquiry is , how we ought to behave " towards the Roman Catholics of the present day . " Not , surely , by inflicting ...
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The Pharisees were the most numerous as well as the strictest sect among the Jews , and were so much in esteem with the common people that all things in religion were ordered as they directed . How wicked they were , there will be ...
The Pharisees were the most numerous as well as the strictest sect among the Jews , and were so much in esteem with the common people that all things in religion were ordered as they directed . How wicked they were , there will be ...
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8. Again , the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain , and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them , 9. And saith unto him , all these things will I give thee if thou wilt fall down and worship me .
8. Again , the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain , and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them , 9. And saith unto him , all these things will I give thee if thou wilt fall down and worship me .
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these things are miracles , which no evil being has a power to work , since that is a power reserved for God alone . But , what is more difficult to be admitted than any thing yet mentioned , the devil is represented as shewing to ...
these things are miracles , which no evil being has a power to work , since that is a power reserved for God alone . But , what is more difficult to be admitted than any thing yet mentioned , the devil is represented as shewing to ...
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Happy are they who , instead of thirsting for the possessions of others , or for the things of this world , thirst after the knowledge of divine truth and the means of virtue ; for their desires will now be satisfied .
Happy are they who , instead of thirsting for the possessions of others , or for the things of this world , thirst after the knowledge of divine truth and the means of virtue ; for their desires will now be satisfied .
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Page 395 - Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes, and they shall conde'mn him to death, 19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
Page 541 - All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. 32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. 33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.
Page 368 - But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence ; and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. And his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Page 455 - Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue : and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them...
Page 400 - And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father 24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.
Page 29 - And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona : thou shalt be called Cephas, which is, by interpretation, A stone.
Page 275 - Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. 49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, 50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Page 376 - For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb : and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men : and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it...
Page 573 - Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value ; 10 And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
Page 526 - Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.