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... means of hard squeez- ing , an attempt is made to discharge from the tortured language , every element and tincture of their obnoxious Protestantism . Having ac- complished this arduous task to his own satisfaction , Mr P. despatched on ...
... means of hard squeez- ing , an attempt is made to discharge from the tortured language , every element and tincture of their obnoxious Protestantism . Having ac- complished this arduous task to his own satisfaction , Mr P. despatched on ...
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... means concur . His doctrines in reference to inspiration and the canon are loose , un- satisfactory , and untenable . Seeing that his foundations are insecure , we need not wonder if we discover rends in the 20 Neander's Life of Christ .
... means concur . His doctrines in reference to inspiration and the canon are loose , un- satisfactory , and untenable . Seeing that his foundations are insecure , we need not wonder if we discover rends in the 20 Neander's Life of Christ .
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... means of the last of God's witnesses un- der the old dispensation , whose calling it was to prepare the way for the new development of the kingdom of God , by John the Baptist , the last re- presentative of the prophetic spirit of the ...
... means of the last of God's witnesses un- der the old dispensation , whose calling it was to prepare the way for the new development of the kingdom of God , by John the Baptist , the last re- presentative of the prophetic spirit of the ...
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... mean tribute to our country to say , that she has numbered princes and poten- tates among the recipients of her favour ... means infrequent , and ever and anon , they have broken on us like an earthquake at the dead of night , or like ...
... mean tribute to our country to say , that she has numbered princes and poten- tates among the recipients of her favour ... means infrequent , and ever and anon , they have broken on us like an earthquake at the dead of night , or like ...
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... means and instruments which I should employ in conducting my pro- fessional business . The very fact of my appointment to the office which I have the honour to hold , presupposes , on the part of my elec- tors , entire confidence in my ...
... means and instruments which I should employ in conducting my pro- fessional business . The very fact of my appointment to the office which I have the honour to hold , presupposes , on the part of my elec- tors , entire confidence in my ...
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Page 125 - And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Page 401 - God. He is the Rock, his work is perfect : for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Page 310 - ... to take order, that unity and peace be preserved in the church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered, and observed.
Page 379 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 104 - Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd one by one to everlasting rest; Thus at her felt approach, and secret might, Art after Art goes out, and all is Night: See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head!
Page 104 - Night primeval, and of Chaos old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus
Page 404 - For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Page 375 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the LORD'S sake, whether it be to the King as supreme, or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 30 - ... no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that burst from around him ; and he stands redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled, by the irresistible genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION.
Page 265 - For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.