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... pretends to be . It is the reverse of truth , and I become so tired with exa- mining into its inconsistencies and ... pretended imi- tation of a person whose life was humility and poverty . The invention of purgatory , and of the ...
... pretends to be . It is the reverse of truth , and I become so tired with exa- mining into its inconsistencies and ... pretended imi- tation of a person whose life was humility and poverty . The invention of purgatory , and of the ...
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... pretended to more re- vealed religion than the Christians do . They had their oracles and their priests , who were supposed to receive and deliver the word of God verbally , on almost all occasions . Since then all corruptions drawn ...
... pretended to more re- vealed religion than the Christians do . They had their oracles and their priests , who were supposed to receive and deliver the word of God verbally , on almost all occasions . Since then all corruptions drawn ...
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... pretends to be , the more it has the resemblance of a fable . The origin of every nation is buried in fabulous tradition , and that of the Jews is as much to be suspected as any other . To charge the commission of acts upon the Almighty ...
... pretends to be , the more it has the resemblance of a fable . The origin of every nation is buried in fabulous tradition , and that of the Jews is as much to be suspected as any other . To charge the commission of acts upon the Almighty ...
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... pretended word of God . Brought up in habits of superstition , they take it for granted that the Bible is true , and that it is good ; they permit themselves not to doubt of it , and they carry the ideas they form of the benevo lence of ...
... pretended word of God . Brought up in habits of superstition , they take it for granted that the Bible is true , and that it is good ; they permit themselves not to doubt of it , and they carry the ideas they form of the benevo lence of ...
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... pretended to be four or five hundred years more ancient than the matters it speaks of or refers to as facts ; for in the case of pursu ing them unto Dan , and of the kings that reigned over the children of Israel , not even the flimsy ...
... pretended to be four or five hundred years more ancient than the matters it speaks of or refers to as facts ; for in the case of pursu ing them unto Dan , and of the kings that reigned over the children of Israel , not even the flimsy ...
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Page 41 - And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written.
Page 6 - And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament : and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 23 - The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim: The unwearied sun from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land, The work of an Almighty hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as...
Page 9 - And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them; and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Page 29 - Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, "I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to us? See thou to that." And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed and went and hanged himself.
Page 40 - Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs : but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
Page 31 - If ye think good, give me my price ; and if not, forbear." So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. And the Lord said unto me, "Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at of them!" And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.
Page 35 - But who may abide the day of His coming ? And who shall stand when he appeareth ? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap: and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
Page 27 - Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her : loose them, and bring them unto me. And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them ; and straightway he will send them.
Page 9 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.