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... false church has , in all the varying phases of its condition , ever held this point steadily in view ; and if a few words may delineate the essential feature of her enormous and unchristian pretensions , it is the substitution in the ...
... false church has , in all the varying phases of its condition , ever held this point steadily in view ; and if a few words may delineate the essential feature of her enormous and unchristian pretensions , it is the substitution in the ...
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... false and ruinous theology then prevalent in the schools of the Jesuits . These opinions they did not hesitate to avow ; and the Jesuits beheld with dread , the progress of a doctrine so fitted for the enlightening and comforting of the ...
... false and ruinous theology then prevalent in the schools of the Jesuits . These opinions they did not hesitate to avow ; and the Jesuits beheld with dread , the progress of a doctrine so fitted for the enlightening and comforting of the ...
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... false doctrines of the Church of Rome , that even a genius so elevated and liberal as that of Pascal , could not altogether free itself from the errors of education . What a far more effectual principle of reform is the love of Christ ...
... false doctrines of the Church of Rome , that even a genius so elevated and liberal as that of Pascal , could not altogether free itself from the errors of education . What a far more effectual principle of reform is the love of Christ ...
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... false system , but upon the supposition , either that they were deceivers , or were themselves deceived ; and then in the second place , he shewed that the one and the other of these suppositions were equally impossible . " Finally , he ...
... false system , but upon the supposition , either that they were deceivers , or were themselves deceived ; and then in the second place , he shewed that the one and the other of these suppositions were equally impossible . " Finally , he ...
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... false glory that men seek after is a mark of their misery and degradation , it is on the other a proof of their excellence . For what- ever possessions a man has on the earth , and whatev er health or comfort he enjoys , he is not ...
... false glory that men seek after is a mark of their misery and degradation , it is on the other a proof of their excellence . For what- ever possessions a man has on the earth , and whatev er health or comfort he enjoys , he is not ...
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Page 171 - I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing : therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live...
Page 220 - Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
Page 192 - For that which befalleth the sons of 'men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 220 - Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared...
Page 170 - And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Page 176 - If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, " Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them...
Page 176 - But Jesus said, Forbid him not : for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
Page 170 - For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward...
Page 198 - Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing. Let them not feed, nor drink water: but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God. Yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
Page 170 - Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer ; thy name is from everlasting.