History of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren, Volume 1author, 1825 |
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... tion , to seek retirement and court obscurity . The names by which they are mentioned , in the works of ecclesiastical his- torians , are generally either epithets of opprobrium , given them by their enemies , or appellations derived ...
... tion , to seek retirement and court obscurity . The names by which they are mentioned , in the works of ecclesiastical his- torians , are generally either epithets of opprobrium , given them by their enemies , or appellations derived ...
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... tion . They were in consequence cruelly persecuted , and obliged to disperse . While the united Bohemian , Moravian , and Waldensian confessors adhered with unshaken constancy to the truths of God's holy word , both in doctrine and ...
... tion . They were in consequence cruelly persecuted , and obliged to disperse . While the united Bohemian , Moravian , and Waldensian confessors adhered with unshaken constancy to the truths of God's holy word , both in doctrine and ...
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... claimed it as their sole prerogative to explain the Holy Scriptures , and controul the faith of the na- tion ; but they were still in a great measure ignorant of the true nature of the kingdom of Christ , which is 19.
... claimed it as their sole prerogative to explain the Holy Scriptures , and controul the faith of the na- tion ; but they were still in a great measure ignorant of the true nature of the kingdom of Christ , which is 19.
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... tion that the following four points , called the Bohemian com- pact , were conceded : - 1. That the word of God shall be freely preached by able ministers , according to the Holy Scriptures , without the ad- dition of human inventions ...
... tion that the following four points , called the Bohemian com- pact , were conceded : - 1. That the word of God shall be freely preached by able ministers , according to the Holy Scriptures , without the ad- dition of human inventions ...
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... tion was laid for the ancient Church of the Brethren . SECTION III . Life and Martyrdom of JOHN Huss and JEROME of Prague . AMONG the bold confessors of divine truth , during the struggle for religious liberty in Bohemia , no one is ...
... tion was laid for the ancient Church of the Brethren . SECTION III . Life and Martyrdom of JOHN Huss and JEROME of Prague . AMONG the bold confessors of divine truth , during the struggle for religious liberty in Bohemia , no one is ...
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Page 143 - Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; and make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
Page 168 - And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Page 172 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Page 167 - My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Page 214 - Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
Page 195 - For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
Page 190 - By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter ; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season ; esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.
Page 201 - No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Page 314 - In the midst of the psalm wherewith their service began, the sea broke over, split the main-sail in pieces, covered the ship, and poured in between the decks, as if the great deep had already swallowed us up. A terrible screaming began among the English. The Germans calmly sung on. I asked one of them afterwards, ' Was you not afraid ?' He answered,
Page 137 - I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.