The Independent Whig: Or, A Defence of Primitive Christianity, and of Our Ecclesiastical Establishment, Against the Exorbitant Claims and Encroachments of Fanatical and Disaffected Clergymen, Volumes 1-4W. S. Marsh, 1816 |
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... bave they made them at due and discreet intervals . By overloading the cart , they have over- turned it . They have frighted us with the broad and black cloud of their pretensions , and made men unanimously oppose that heap of claims ...
... bave they made them at due and discreet intervals . By overloading the cart , they have over- turned it . They have frighted us with the broad and black cloud of their pretensions , and made men unanimously oppose that heap of claims ...
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... bave exclaimed , “ if I had been there with my Franks , it should not have happened . " Does Christianity prevail in a greater portion of the earth at the present period , than it did in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries , and before ...
... bave exclaimed , “ if I had been there with my Franks , it should not have happened . " Does Christianity prevail in a greater portion of the earth at the present period , than it did in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries , and before ...
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... bave , not only from their lives and doctrines , weakened the authority of Christianity , and attached suspicion to its authenticity , but also from their scholastick wranglings and absurd speculations . They have identified their own ...
... bave , not only from their lives and doctrines , weakened the authority of Christianity , and attached suspicion to its authenticity , but also from their scholastick wranglings and absurd speculations . They have identified their own ...
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... bave proved it unanswerably . But when our high - church priests ar- gue with dissenters , and those whom they are pleased to christen he- reticks , holy writ is not so highly complemented : It is then very sub- It is true , ' tis ject ...
... bave proved it unanswerably . But when our high - church priests ar- gue with dissenters , and those whom they are pleased to christen he- reticks , holy writ is not so highly complemented : It is then very sub- It is true , ' tis ject ...
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... bave made it useless there ; and such is the senseless stu- pidity of the gaping herd , that they observe not the injury done them , and not only suffer this worst sort of robbery , violence , and injustice , but kiss the rod , and ...
... bave made it useless there ; and such is the senseless stu- pidity of the gaping herd , that they observe not the injury done them , and not only suffer this worst sort of robbery , violence , and injustice , but kiss the rod , and ...
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Page 182 - I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Page 182 - Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink : : I was a stranger, and ye took me not in : naked, and ye clothed me not : sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 137 - Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name : I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them : they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
Page 192 - And the whole city was filled with confusion : and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.
Page 165 - Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation : 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever.
Page 181 - There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
Page 165 - But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. . . . And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ...
Page 180 - God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands...
Page 164 - Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Page 180 - Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, "Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.