Answer to the Abbé́ Dubois: In which Misrepresentations, Etc. in His "Letters on the State of Christianity in India", are Pointed Out and the Evangelization of India is Demonstrated Practicable1824 - Missions - 214 pages |
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... feelings as a Roman Catholic . It is well known by Pro- testants , that the highest authorities of the Church of Rome deny the free and unqualified use of the Scriptures to the laity - that the history of that church is in accordance ...
... feelings as a Roman Catholic . It is well known by Pro- testants , that the highest authorities of the Church of Rome deny the free and unqualified use of the Scriptures to the laity - that the history of that church is in accordance ...
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... feelings and convictions of an enlightened and reflecting Protestant . The author , being aware of the unfavourable impression his connexion with the Church of Rome is calculated to produce on the minds of Protestants , naturally ...
... feelings and convictions of an enlightened and reflecting Protestant . The author , being aware of the unfavourable impression his connexion with the Church of Rome is calculated to produce on the minds of Protestants , naturally ...
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... feelings and shock the prejudices of the Hindoos , and thereby to injure rather than benefit the Christian cause . He thus states his argument : " The naked text of the Bible , exhibited without a long previous preparation to the ...
... feelings and shock the prejudices of the Hindoos , and thereby to injure rather than benefit the Christian cause . He thus states his argument : " The naked text of the Bible , exhibited without a long previous preparation to the ...
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... feelings , when he sees that the immo- lating of oxen and bulls constituted a leading feature in the religious ordinances of the Israelites , and that the blood of those most sacred animals was almost daily shed at the shrine of the god ...
... feelings , when he sees that the immo- lating of oxen and bulls constituted a leading feature in the religious ordinances of the Israelites , and that the blood of those most sacred animals was almost daily shed at the shrine of the god ...
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... feelings of a prejudiced Pagan , ) throw it away with indignation , consider himself as polluted for having touched it , go iinme + diately to the river for the purpose of purifying himself by ablutions from the defilement he thinks he ...
... feelings of a prejudiced Pagan , ) throw it away with indignation , consider himself as polluted for having touched it , go iinme + diately to the river for the purpose of purifying himself by ablutions from the defilement he thinks he ...
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Page 199 - And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years...
Page 7 - My grace is sufficient for thee : for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake : for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Page 66 - And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief : for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove ; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Page 8 - ... they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword : they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented ; (of whom the world was not worthy :) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Page 191 - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are : for blood it defileth the land : and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Page 66 - And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
Page 78 - To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak. I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
Page 199 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them. And I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God...
Page 87 - Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
Page 65 - And when they were come to the multitude, there came to Him a certain man, kneeling down to Him, and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son : for he is lunatic, and sore vexed : for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. And I brought him to Thy disciples, and they could not cure him.