The Crimes of the Clergy, Or, The Pillars of Priest-craft Shaken: With an Appendix Entitled the Scourge of Ireland : and an Account of the Enormous Rewards Received by the Clergy, to Induce Them to Do Their Duty to God and Man |
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... Thomas Moore ! We dismiss the father - in - God Percy Jocelyn with bitter contempt , and at the day of judgement there must be more jostling and shoving than Lord Byron describes , if such a fellow slips into heaven and deprives the ...
... Thomas Moore ! We dismiss the father - in - God Percy Jocelyn with bitter contempt , and at the day of judgement there must be more jostling and shoving than Lord Byron describes , if such a fellow slips into heaven and deprives the ...
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... Thomas Day , aged 64 , a methodist preacher , a man of meek and pious exterior , was tried on an indictment for bigamy , in having intermarried with Elizabeth Doncaster , his former wife , Mary Day , being still alive . The parish ...
... Thomas Day , aged 64 , a methodist preacher , a man of meek and pious exterior , was tried on an indictment for bigamy , in having intermarried with Elizabeth Doncaster , his former wife , Mary Day , being still alive . The parish ...
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... as Lazarus risen from the tomb . learned judge commented upon the enormity of the prisoner's crime , as being à minister of the Gospel , and one who pre- The tended to set an example of virtue for others to Thomas Day : 155.
... as Lazarus risen from the tomb . learned judge commented upon the enormity of the prisoner's crime , as being à minister of the Gospel , and one who pre- The tended to set an example of virtue for others to Thomas Day : 155.
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... be made to repent his sins . We wish we had , in the words of the poet- 66 A whip of scorpions , " To lash such scoundrels naked through the world . " AN EXPOSITION OF THE HYPOCRISY , FRAUD , AND WORLD 156 Thomas Day .
... be made to repent his sins . We wish we had , in the words of the poet- 66 A whip of scorpions , " To lash such scoundrels naked through the world . " AN EXPOSITION OF THE HYPOCRISY , FRAUD , AND WORLD 156 Thomas Day .
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... the proper authorities , which fully substantiate the charge against the Parson ; and we are much astonished that such an atrocious character should go unpunished . - EDITOR . ] THE REV . THOMAS BURGESS , F. R. S. Minor Parson Bateman .
... the proper authorities , which fully substantiate the charge against the Parson ; and we are much astonished that such an atrocious character should go unpunished . - EDITOR . ] THE REV . THOMAS BURGESS , F. R. S. Minor Parson Bateman .
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Page 177 - His watchmen are blind : they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark ; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand : they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
Page 2 - Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his.
Page 3 - This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God, having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Page 80 - there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.
Page 166 - Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungered, and they that were with him...
Page 46 - For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Page 60 - Hark ! how the sacred calm, that breathes around, Bids every fierce tumultuous passion cease ; In still small accents whispering from the ground, A grateful earnest of eternal peace.
Page 19 - Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. (I speak after the manner of men, because of the infirmity of your flesh.) For as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity ; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness For when ye were the servants of sin.
Page 114 - ... tis an easy matter to pick up sticks enough from any thicket where it has strayed, to make a fire to offer it up with.