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... interests , or any thing above the comprehen ion , of the simplest christian who hears me . For such is the nature of that sacred bond , which unites the church and her officers into one body , of which Christ is the head ; such is the ...
... interests , or any thing above the comprehen ion , of the simplest christian who hears me . For such is the nature of that sacred bond , which unites the church and her officers into one body , of which Christ is the head ; such is the ...
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... interest in support of his measures . As to the reformation of religion , he cared nothing about it but as a measure of policy . Supporting himself , on the one hand , by the interested attachment of those whom he had gorged with the ...
... interest in support of his measures . As to the reformation of religion , he cared nothing about it but as a measure of policy . Supporting himself , on the one hand , by the interested attachment of those whom he had gorged with the ...
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... interests ; do we not see a coalition of sovereigns , banded and sworn not to permit him to execute his best purposes ? How can we be sure , that he will not be forced by them to retract his concessions , violate his oath , and on ...
... interests ; do we not see a coalition of sovereigns , banded and sworn not to permit him to execute his best purposes ? How can we be sure , that he will not be forced by them to retract his concessions , violate his oath , and on ...
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... interest , if it were in their power . The governors of Europe seem to be sensible of this themselves . And they are clinging to the small remains of christianity that are left , as to their sole hope . Oh , had their ancestors only ...
... interest , if it were in their power . The governors of Europe seem to be sensible of this themselves . And they are clinging to the small remains of christianity that are left , as to their sole hope . Oh , had their ancestors only ...
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... interest to pardon their crimes , than to lose the use of their talents . A little smattering of Latin once constituted a great scholar ; but if he added to that the lowest elementary knowledge of Greek , he was esteemed a prodigy . At ...
... interest to pardon their crimes , than to lose the use of their talents . A little smattering of Latin once constituted a great scholar ; but if he added to that the lowest elementary knowledge of Greek , he was esteemed a prodigy . At ...
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Page 47 - And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Page 70 - I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people : Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them : and I will make of thee a great
Page 93 - For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities ; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Page 72 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 62 - I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall ? God forbid : but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. Now, if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness...
Page 10 - He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather : for the sky is red.
Page 72 - For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers...
Page 71 - And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them ? I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
Page 12 - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Page 42 - And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.