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... will likewise afford a pleasing pre- sage , that our religion will , in due time , purge itself of ev- ery thing that debases it , and that for the present prevents its reception by those who are ignorant of its nature 1 *
... will likewise afford a pleasing pre- sage , that our religion will , in due time , purge itself of ev- ery thing that debases it , and that for the present prevents its reception by those who are ignorant of its nature 1 *
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Joseph Priestley. its reception by those who are ignorant of its nature , wheth- er living in Christian countries , or among Mahometans and heathens . The gross darkness of that night which has for many centuries obscured our holy ...
Joseph Priestley. its reception by those who are ignorant of its nature , wheth- er living in Christian countries , or among Mahometans and heathens . The gross darkness of that night which has for many centuries obscured our holy ...
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... nature , and where our employ- ment will be its own reward . Let these views brighten the evening of our lives , that evening , which will be enjoyed with more satisfaction , in proportion as the day shall have been laboriously and well ...
... nature , and where our employ- ment will be its own reward . Let these views brighten the evening of our lives , that evening , which will be enjoyed with more satisfaction , in proportion as the day shall have been laboriously and well ...
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... Natural and Revealed Religion , it is with a kind of reluctance , that , according to my propo- sal , I must now proceed to exhibit a view of the dreadful corruptions which have debased its spirit , and almost anni- hilated all the ...
... Natural and Revealed Religion , it is with a kind of reluctance , that , according to my propo- sal , I must now proceed to exhibit a view of the dreadful corruptions which have debased its spirit , and almost anni- hilated all the ...
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... nature of the thing is , in few cases has the peace of society been so much disturbed . To this very day , of such importance is the subject considered by thousands and ten thousands , that they cannot write or speak of it without the ...
... nature of the thing is , in few cases has the peace of society been so much disturbed . To this very day , of such importance is the subject considered by thousands and ten thousands , that they cannot write or speak of it without the ...
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Page 20 - Hereby know ye the Spirit of God : Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God. And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God : and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come ; and even now already is it in the world.
Page 301 - For the right faith is that we believe and confess that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and Man: God, of the substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds; and Man, of the substance of his mother, born in the world...
Page 301 - At whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies : and shall give account for their own works. And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting : and they that have done evil into everlasting fire. This is the catholic faith : which except a man believe faithfully he cannot be saved.
Page 110 - If I were hungry I would not tell thee : for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats ? Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most high.
Page 107 - The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Page 60 - To us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 92 - And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty...
Page 104 - ... though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
Page 101 - For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Page 116 - And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in Him is no sin.