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... tion of eternity , examining their own personal responsibility and the doctrine of a future recompence , and balancing spiritual gain with the avarice of the miser , view religious prin- ciples and actions as the grand climax in the ...
... tion of eternity , examining their own personal responsibility and the doctrine of a future recompence , and balancing spiritual gain with the avarice of the miser , view religious prin- ciples and actions as the grand climax in the ...
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... tion was offered to their attention and choice . One language prevailed among mankind , not only in the antediluvian world , but even on this side the flood , to the building of the tower of Babel , in the land of Shinar . Pride and ...
... tion was offered to their attention and choice . One language prevailed among mankind , not only in the antediluvian world , but even on this side the flood , to the building of the tower of Babel , in the land of Shinar . Pride and ...
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... tion , that Alexander the Great , when in Egypt , having been told by Leo , the distinguished priest of the sacred things in that country , that even the gods of the highest rank , Jupiter , Juno , Saturn , and the rest , were men ...
... tion , that Alexander the Great , when in Egypt , having been told by Leo , the distinguished priest of the sacred things in that country , that even the gods of the highest rank , Jupiter , Juno , Saturn , and the rest , were men ...
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... tion apparently arose from the gradual or accidental corruption of the patriarchal religion , by the abuse of certain commemorative honours which were paid to the ancestors of the human race , and by the admixture of १ Sabian idolatry ...
... tion apparently arose from the gradual or accidental corruption of the patriarchal religion , by the abuse of certain commemorative honours which were paid to the ancestors of the human race , and by the admixture of १ Sabian idolatry ...
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... tion that Bran was a Christian , and propagated the Chris- tian faith among his countrymen , has not only the sanc- tion of this Triad , but also is stated to be an historical fact , by Welsh authors of good credit in the present time ...
... tion that Bran was a Christian , and propagated the Chris- tian faith among his countrymen , has not only the sanc- tion of this Triad , but also is stated to be an historical fact , by Welsh authors of good credit in the present time ...
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Page 49 - Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Page 289 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, ** Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own, Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, ** And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, ** And tender in...
Page 52 - Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands...
Page 395 - 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 pre-eminence above a beast : for all is vanity. All go unto one place ; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 306 - Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
Page 119 - But be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth : for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
Page 254 - I venerate the man, whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
Page 72 - Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds ; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father ; by whom all things were made...
Page 278 - Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour...
Page 146 - Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (for we walk by faith, not by sight:) we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.