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" He also established a system of moral discipline which allowed the people in general to live according to the laws of their country and the dictates of nature ; but required the wise to exalt their minds by contemplation, and to mortify the body... "
An History of the Christian Church from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time - Page 76
by George Gregory - 1795
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An History of the Christian Church: From the Earliest Periods to the Present ...

George Gregory - 1790 - 456 pages
...The rules prefcribed by this fect were extremely auftere; the people at large were indeed permittedto live conformably to the laws of their country, and...with the Deity, and afcend after death, alone and unir.cumbered, to dwell in his prefence for ever. This philofophy, which involved the truth of the...
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An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, from the Birth of ..., Volume 1

Johann Lorenz Mosheim - Church history - 1803 - 464 pages
...aspect of high sanctity and uncommon austerity. He, indeed, permitted the people to live according to the laws of their country, and the dictates of nature ; but a more sublime rule was laid down for the wise : They were to raise above all terrestrial things, by...
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An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern: From the Birth of ..., Volume 1

Johann Lorenz Mosheim - Church and state - 1810 - 450 pages
...aspect of high sanctity and uncommon austerity. He, indeed, permitted the people to live according to the laws of their country, and the dictates of nature; but a more sublime rule was kid down for the wise. They were to raise above all terrestrial things, by...
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Observations on the visions of Daniel, and on part of the book of the ...

William Girdlestone - Bible - 1820 - 270 pages
...aspect of high sanctity and uncommon aus" terity. He indeed permitted the people to " live according to the laws of their country, " and the dictates of nature; but a more sub" lime rule was laid down for the wise : they i 4 " were to raise above all terrestrial things,...
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An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, Form the Birth of ..., Volume 1

Johann Lorenz Mosheim - Church history - 1824 - 538 pages
...aspect of high sanctity and uncommon austerity. He, indeed, permitted the people to live according to the laws of their country, and the dictates of nature ; but a more sublime rule was laid down for the wise. They were to raise above all terrestrial things, by...
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A New Universal Biography: Forming the first volume of series

John Platts - Biography - 1825 - 706 pages
...also established a system of moral discipline, which allowed the people in general to live according to the laws of their country and the dictates of nature ; but required the wise to exalt their minds by contemplation, and to mortify the body, so that they might...
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A New Universal Biography, Containing Interesting Accounts, Volume 2

John Platts - Biography - 1825 - 702 pages
...also established a system of moral discipline, which allowed the people in general to live according to the laws of their country and the dictates of nature ; but required the wise to exalt their minds by contemplation, and to mortify the body, so that they might...
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A Concise Exposition of the Apocalypse, So Far as the Prophecies are ...

John Ranicar Parker - Bible - 1825 - 254 pages
...carried an aspect of high sanctity, and uncommon austerity. The people he allowed to live according to the laws of their country, and the dictates of nature; but another rule was laid down for the wise. They were to raise the soul, whose origin was celestial and...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 2

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 820 pages
...also established a system of moral discipline, which allowed the people in general to live according to the laws of their country and the dictates of nature ; but required the wise to exalt their minds by contemplation, and to mortify the body, so that they might...
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The Christian Baptist, Volumes 1-7

Alexander Campbell - 1835 - 696 pages
...aspect of liiuli sanctity and uncommon austerity. He, indeed, permitted the people to live according to the laws of their country and the dictates of nature; but a more sublime rule was laid down for the wise. They were to raise above all terrestrial things by...
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