The History of the Waldenses: Connected with a Sketch of the Christian Church from the Birth of Christ to the Eighteenth Century, Volume 1Gale and Fenner, 1816 - Albigenses |
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... occasions , during his personal in- tercourse with them , they had discovered strong prejudi- ces in favour of a worldly kingdom , and slowness of heart to believe all that the prophets had written ; and even when their Lord had risen ...
... occasions , during his personal in- tercourse with them , they had discovered strong prejudi- ces in favour of a worldly kingdom , and slowness of heart to believe all that the prophets had written ; and even when their Lord had risen ...
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... occasion , it is recorded that they all forsook him and fled ; even Peter , the most intrepid among them , denying that he knew him . But what a revolution took place in their conduct in this respect after the day of pentecost ! We ...
... occasion , it is recorded that they all forsook him and fled ; even Peter , the most intrepid among them , denying that he knew him . But what a revolution took place in their conduct in this respect after the day of pentecost ! We ...
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... occasion . It was the custom for the Sanhedrim to sit almost in a circle , and to place the prisoners in its centre . The apostles ⚫ Acts iv . 4 . SECT . II . ] Boldness of Peter . 21 20 [ CH . I. History of the Christian Church .
... occasion . It was the custom for the Sanhedrim to sit almost in a circle , and to place the prisoners in its centre . The apostles ⚫ Acts iv . 4 . SECT . II . ] Boldness of Peter . 21 20 [ CH . I. History of the Christian Church .
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... occasion all the apostles seem to have been the victims of their rage . They were seized and confined in the common prison . But how futile is the rage of man , when opposing the counsels of heaven ! One stronger than the whole ...
... occasion all the apostles seem to have been the victims of their rage . They were seized and confined in the common prison . But how futile is the rage of man , when opposing the counsels of heaven ! One stronger than the whole ...
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... garding the late prohibition they had received from the council . They answered with their usual firmness , as they had done upon a former occasion , that it was only reasonable they should obey God , rather than man ;
... garding the late prohibition they had received from the council . They answered with their usual firmness , as they had done upon a former occasion , that it was only reasonable they should obey God , rather than man ;
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Page 2 - Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low : and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together ; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 72 - ... and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth...
Page 99 - And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Page 64 - And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes ; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
Page 18 - And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
Page 274 - And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Page 121 - And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations : and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Page 206 - For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ, and no marvel ; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light ; therefore it is no great thing, if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness ; whose end shall be according to their works.
Page 5 - If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him : and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
Page 121 - And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars ; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth : for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.