Reflections on the four principal religions, which have obtained in the world: paganism, Mohammedism, Judaism, and Christianity; also on the Church of England [&c.].1824 |
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... of the discipline of the Church of God , or who can hatch a new con- ceit in religion , is sure to find some followers . If they are numerous , the popularity of his te- nets is considered as a sufficient proof of their truth PREFACE .
... of the discipline of the Church of God , or who can hatch a new con- ceit in religion , is sure to find some followers . If they are numerous , the popularity of his te- nets is considered as a sufficient proof of their truth PREFACE .
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David Williamson. nets is considered as a sufficient proof of their truth . If the converts are few , their very pau- city is considered as a demonstration that they have entered by the strait gate , and are walk- ing in the narrow way ...
David Williamson. nets is considered as a sufficient proof of their truth . If the converts are few , their very pau- city is considered as a demonstration that they have entered by the strait gate , and are walk- ing in the narrow way ...
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... sufficient to observe , at present , that it was begun in Egypt , and was propagated from thence : where the method of their learned to record the history of their Hero - gods in improved hiero- glyphics , gave birth to Brute - worship ...
... sufficient to observe , at present , that it was begun in Egypt , and was propagated from thence : where the method of their learned to record the history of their Hero - gods in improved hiero- glyphics , gave birth to Brute - worship ...
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... sufficiently shows the bias of people's hearts . The house of God gives them no pleasure : but the resurrection of the obscenities , intrigues , and bacchanalian revels of the old heathens , afford them exquisite delight . In a country ...
... sufficiently shows the bias of people's hearts . The house of God gives them no pleasure : but the resurrection of the obscenities , intrigues , and bacchanalian revels of the old heathens , afford them exquisite delight . In a country ...
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... sufficiently proclaim their manners to have been ferocious , and their laws tyrannical and unjust . Juvenal charges them with eating human flesh . In this strong - hold of idolatry , the power of the True God exhibited the most splendid ...
... sufficiently proclaim their manners to have been ferocious , and their laws tyrannical and unjust . Juvenal charges them with eating human flesh . In this strong - hold of idolatry , the power of the True God exhibited the most splendid ...
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Page 17 - Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Page 335 - I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house, testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 364 - And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Page 179 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 241 - Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth : for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak : and he will show you things to come. He shall glorify me : for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you.
Page 84 - The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed. Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof...
Page 269 - Marvel not at this, for the hour is coming in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth, they that have done good to the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil to the resurrection of damnation.
Page 79 - Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death ; A land of darkness, as darkness itself; And of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as darkness.
Page 237 - I am Alpha and. Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Page 235 - Original Sin standeth not in the following of Adam (as the Pelagians do vainly talk;) but it is the fault and corruption of the Nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam ; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to the spirit; and therefore in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.