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... READER . A PROSE READER . THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD . ANCIENT HISTORY . Each volume will be complete in itself , printed in a good type , and , from its cheapness , within the means of all for whom it is prepared . The Committee ...
... READER . A PROSE READER . THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD . ANCIENT HISTORY . Each volume will be complete in itself , printed in a good type , and , from its cheapness , within the means of all for whom it is prepared . The Committee ...
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... reader will bear in mind that this passage was written about seventy years after Christ's death , and that it relates to transactions which took place about thirty years after that event . Speaking of the fire which happened at Rome in ...
... reader will bear in mind that this passage was written about seventy years after Christ's death , and that it relates to transactions which took place about thirty years after that event . Speaking of the fire which happened at Rome in ...
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... reader know what a persecution in these days was , I would refer him to a circular letter , written by the church of Smyrna soon after the death of Polycarp , who , it will be remembered , had lived with St. John ; and which letter is ...
... reader know what a persecution in these days was , I would refer him to a circular letter , written by the church of Smyrna soon after the death of Polycarp , who , it will be remembered , had lived with St. John ; and which letter is ...
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... reader who is conversant in these researches , by comparing the short Scripture accounts of the Christian rites above mentioned , with the minute and circumstantial directions contained in the pretended apostolical constitutions , will ...
... reader who is conversant in these researches , by comparing the short Scripture accounts of the Christian rites above mentioned , with the minute and circumstantial directions contained in the pretended apostolical constitutions , will ...
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... reader had before heard of . In St. John's Gospel , the same point appears , hence - that there are some principal ... readers knew who John was . His rapid paren- thetical reference to John's imprisonment , " for John was not yet cast ...
... reader had before heard of . In St. John's Gospel , the same point appears , hence - that there are some principal ... readers knew who John was . His rapid paren- thetical reference to John's imprisonment , " for John was not yet cast ...
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Page 337 - Avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Page 216 - Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently...
Page 401 - Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also His coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be...
Page 331 - And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes : and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him. But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.
Page 441 - But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Page 337 - Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil ; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love ; in honour preferring one another...
Page 268 - For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
Page 103 - Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die : yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die ; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? 24 This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things : and we know that his testimony is true.
Page 443 - And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true ; and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Page 246 - Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.