An answer to the abbé Dubois; in which the various wrong principles [&c.] contained in his work, entitled 'Letters on the state of Christianity in India', are pointed out1824 |
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... a sufficient cause for despair ; for who can with truth affirm that he is sure , that even if unadulterated Christianity should be exhibited to the natives of India , God would nevertheless turn away his face , and with- hold 11.
... a sufficient cause for despair ; for who can with truth affirm that he is sure , that even if unadulterated Christianity should be exhibited to the natives of India , God would nevertheless turn away his face , and with- hold 11.
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... cause in which he was engaged as a religious teacher . During that time he has vainly , in his exertions to promote the cause of Christianity , watered the soil of India with his sweats , and many times with his tears , at the sight of ...
... cause in which he was engaged as a religious teacher . During that time he has vainly , in his exertions to promote the cause of Christianity , watered the soil of India with his sweats , and many times with his tears , at the sight of ...
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... cause . He thus states his argument : " The naked text of the Bible , exhibited without a long previous preparation ... causing a calf to be killed , and served to them for their fare ? The prejudiced Hindoo will at once judge that both ...
... cause . He thus states his argument : " The naked text of the Bible , exhibited without a long previous preparation ... causing a calf to be killed , and served to them for their fare ? The prejudiced Hindoo will at once judge that both ...
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... causing 22,000 oxen to be slaughtered , and overflowing his new temple with the blood of these sacred victims ? He will cer- tainly in perusing accounts , ( in his opinion so horribly sacrilegious , ) shudder , and be seized with the ...
... causing 22,000 oxen to be slaughtered , and overflowing his new temple with the blood of these sacred victims ? He will cer- tainly in perusing accounts , ( in his opinion so horribly sacrilegious , ) shudder , and be seized with the ...
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... cause ; and that the saying shall be fulfilled , which was revealed to the Church of God by Isaiah's pen , " For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven , and returneth not thither , but watereth the earth , and maketh it bring ...
... cause ; and that the saying shall be fulfilled , which was revealed to the Church of God by Isaiah's pen , " For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven , and returneth not thither , but watereth the earth , and maketh it bring ...
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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 7 - ... quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens ; women received their dead raised to life again ; and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection...
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 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 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.