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... Church , because it makes the salvation of mankind , in each successive genera- tion , to lean with undivided stress , upon the purity and vigour of faith and charity , as found in the hearts of the Christians of each age , severally ...
... Church , because it makes the salvation of mankind , in each successive genera- tion , to lean with undivided stress , upon the purity and vigour of faith and charity , as found in the hearts of the Christians of each age , severally ...
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... Church itself ; for in the bosom of the Church rests the hope of the conversion of the world ! How culpable then , and how ignoble too , must we deem that spirit of jealousy or reluctance which would divert such a scrutiny , as if the ...
... Church itself ; for in the bosom of the Church rests the hope of the conversion of the world ! How culpable then , and how ignoble too , must we deem that spirit of jealousy or reluctance which would divert such a scrutiny , as if the ...
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... Church has delicately smothered her failings , and has asked for an inobservant reverence from the profane world ! True it is that the vices of heathens and infidels are grievous ; but it is also true that the vices of the Church , if ...
... Church has delicately smothered her failings , and has asked for an inobservant reverence from the profane world ! True it is that the vices of heathens and infidels are grievous ; but it is also true that the vices of the Church , if ...
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... Church ! Thus it appears that the very order of senti- ment which once was allowed and lauded as magnanimous , and even divine , we have learned to regard as either purely ridiculous , or as abo- minable . A like reprobation inevitably ...
... Church ! Thus it appears that the very order of senti- ment which once was allowed and lauded as magnanimous , and even divine , we have learned to regard as either purely ridiculous , or as abo- minable . A like reprobation inevitably ...
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... church . But Maimonides must not be taken as a sample of Rabbinical instruction : — he boldly appealed to Moses and the prophets . - The Rabbis issued nothing which they did not first deform and render absurd . Qui , & c ...
... church . But Maimonides must not be taken as a sample of Rabbinical instruction : — he boldly appealed to Moses and the prophets . - The Rabbis issued nothing which they did not first deform and render absurd . Qui , & c ...
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Page 423 - Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves .to the Lord, To serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, To be his servants, Every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, And taketh hold of my covenant; Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, And make them joyful in my house of prayer: Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; For mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Page 410 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people...
Page 509 - The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
Page 474 - For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah...
Page 390 - Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations, the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Page 422 - O SING unto the LORD a new song: Sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
Page 420 - GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us. That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
Page 404 - Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto Me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts My soul hateth: they are a trouble unto Me; I am weary to bear them.
Page 408 - COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your GOD. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned : for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.
Page 407 - Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for" the time to come for ever and ever...