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... particular portion of it be dif- cerned . What real Christianity is , I mean to exhi- bit hiftorically ; and , in the execution of this Plan , I hope , I fhall be found not altogether to have disappointed the expectations of the ...
... particular portion of it be dif- cerned . What real Christianity is , I mean to exhi- bit hiftorically ; and , in the execution of this Plan , I hope , I fhall be found not altogether to have disappointed the expectations of the ...
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... particular martyrologies extant , we might be affured from circumstances , that much blood must have been fpilt , and much mifery endured , not only in a regular and legal way , but also by tumultuary violence , and by the malice of men ...
... particular martyrologies extant , we might be affured from circumstances , that much blood must have been fpilt , and much mifery endured , not only in a regular and legal way , but also by tumultuary violence , and by the malice of men ...
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... particular account of thofe whom he knew , and of thofe facts of which he had ocular demon- Atration . As Infidel writers have taken pains to depreciate the authenticity of these facts , it feemed proper to give the reader a just ...
... particular account of thofe whom he knew , and of thofe facts of which he had ocular demon- Atration . As Infidel writers have taken pains to depreciate the authenticity of these facts , it feemed proper to give the reader a just ...
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... particular temper dictated . Some for fear of difpleafing , did even more than they were ordered . Some felt the impulfe of their own enmity against godlinefs ; others indulged a natural favageness of difpofition ; there were who faw ...
... particular temper dictated . Some for fear of difpleafing , did even more than they were ordered . Some felt the impulfe of their own enmity against godlinefs ; others indulged a natural favageness of difpofition ; there were who faw ...
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... particular care was taken to prevent their inter- ment . Sometime after , certain Egyptians , coming to minister to the confeffors of their own country , who had been condemned to the mines in Cilicia , one of them was burned , two were ...
... particular care was taken to prevent their inter- ment . Sometime after , certain Egyptians , coming to minister to the confeffors of their own country , who had been condemned to the mines in Cilicia , one of them was burned , two were ...
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Page 66 - Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without ; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Page 374 - God, after the inward man, and yet seeing another law in his members warring against the law of his mind, and bringing him into captivity to the law of sin...
Page 227 - Her general aim in these different reviews and alterations hath been, as she further declares in her said Preface, to do that which, according to her best understanding, might most tend to the preservation of peace and unity in the Church; the procuring of reverence, and the exciting of piety and devotion in the worship of God; and, finally, the cutting off occasion, from them that seek occasion, of cavil or quarrel against her Liturgy.
Page 55 - And whosoever shall say that there was a time when the Son of God was not...
Page 425 - And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them and of their children after them...
Page 523 - Equal to the Father, as touching his Godhead: and inferior to the Father, as touching his Manhood.
Page 392 - I can or cannot resist, I know not. But my hope is this, that thou art faithful that thou dost not suffer us to be tempted above that we are able, but with the temptation also makest a way to escape, that we may be able to bear it.* Lord, I love thee ; thou hast smitten my heart with thy Word, and I have loved thee. But what do I love, when I love thee ? not the heavens and the earth, nor any created beauty. They cry aloud, we are not God, he made us. Where shall I find thee, but in thyself, above...
Page 442 - Apostle speaks, when he says, if by grace, then it is no more of works. And, to him that worketh not, but believeth on Him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. For if Christ had not died for our sins, Pelagius's possibility of nature, which he makes to be grace, would have been just the same.
Page 93 - Cease these proceedings, I beseech you, and remember that you are a mortal man. Be afraid of the day of judgment, and keep yourself pure thereunto. Intrude not yourself into ecclesiastical matters, neither give commands unto us concerning them; but learn them from us. God...
Page 311 - I am now ready to be offered up, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day; and not to me only, but unto all them, also, that love His appearing.