Priestcraft defended. A sermon occasioned by the expulsion of six young gentlemen from the University of Oxford, for praying, reading, and expounding the Scriptures. By the ShaverG. Keith, in Gracechurch-Street, J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church-Yard, and J. Gurney, at No. 54, in Holbourn, 1771 - Methodism - 48 pages |
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... established church , and fpoke in the highest terms of the piety and exemplarinefs of their lives ; but his motion was over - ruled , and sentence pronounced aganft them . Dr. , one of the Heads of Houfes prefent , obferved , that as ...
... established church , and fpoke in the highest terms of the piety and exemplarinefs of their lives ; but his motion was over - ruled , and sentence pronounced aganft them . Dr. , one of the Heads of Houfes prefent , obferved , that as ...
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... churches , would do it in private houfes , to the no fmall difgrace of the other gentlemen . Well , my beloved , these ... established church to be the true faith of the gospel , when he fecretly believes in his heart that they are falfe ...
... churches , would do it in private houfes , to the no fmall difgrace of the other gentlemen . Well , my beloved , these ... established church to be the true faith of the gospel , when he fecretly believes in his heart that they are falfe ...
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... established church at Babylon are recorded ; concerning which I would make the following notes . I. That the religion , by law eftablished , was the religion of the golden image which Nebuchadnezzar , at the request of the cler- gy ...
... established church at Babylon are recorded ; concerning which I would make the following notes . I. That the religion , by law eftablished , was the religion of the golden image which Nebuchadnezzar , at the request of the cler- gy ...
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... established , the clergy were very impatient to have the fubjects of this great king brought to the teft ; which they thought beft to do by appointing a public feaft , on which it was required that every man and mother's fon fhould fall ...
... established , the clergy were very impatient to have the fubjects of this great king brought to the teft ; which they thought beft to do by appointing a public feaft , on which it was required that every man and mother's fon fhould fall ...
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... established , therefore were diffenters ; and they were me- thodists , if praying to God , and refusing to pin his ... church by gentleness , intermixed with feverity . The gentleness was his , and the feverity belonged to their ...
... established , therefore were diffenters ; and they were me- thodists , if praying to God , and refusing to pin his ... church by gentleness , intermixed with feverity . The gentleness was his , and the feverity belonged to their ...
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Page 28 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house ; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Page 20 - Dr. , [Dixon,] one of the heads of houses present, observed, that as these six gentlemen were expelled for having too much religion, it would be very proper to inquire into the conduct of some who had too little ; and Mr.
Page 35 - And in thofe days, when the number of the difciples was " multiplied, and the word of God increafed, and the " number of the difciples multiplied in Jerufalem greatly, " and a great company of the priefts were obedient to the
Page 20 - ... orator of the university gives a full account of the case of Mr. W — 11 — ng, a friend of his oratorship's, who was charged upon oath with the above said contempt of the scripture, and ridicule of the miracles of Moses and Christ. The proofs were so point blank against the said Rev. Mr.