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... Religious Truth , excepting the Being of a God , in which Mankind have more univerfally agreed than about a future Judgment : This was acknowledg'd by Jews and Gentiles , by Greeks and Barbarians ; and fcarce any but the Sadducees and ...
... Religious Truth , excepting the Being of a God , in which Mankind have more univerfally agreed than about a future Judgment : This was acknowledg'd by Jews and Gentiles , by Greeks and Barbarians ; and fcarce any but the Sadducees and ...
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... Religion ; yet when the recol- " lects herself , when fhe fhakes off her cc Lethargy , aud recovers into fome lu- ❝cid Intervals of Thinking and Sobriety , " then the owns the Unity of the Di- " vine Nature , appeals to God as a Judge ...
... Religion ; yet when the recol- " lects herself , when fhe fhakes off her cc Lethargy , aud recovers into fome lu- ❝cid Intervals of Thinking and Sobriety , " then the owns the Unity of the Di- " vine Nature , appeals to God as a Judge ...
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... Religion in us ; and the Form of Godlinefs would not be fo wretch- edly over - proportion'd to the Power of it . Nothing can be more proper than St. Peter's Advice * in this Cafe , with which I fhall conclude , where after he had ...
... Religion in us ; and the Form of Godlinefs would not be fo wretch- edly over - proportion'd to the Power of it . Nothing can be more proper than St. Peter's Advice * in this Cafe , with which I fhall conclude , where after he had ...
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... Religion , except the Being of a God , more unquestionably receiv'd by Jews and Gentiles , than the Expectation of an Account to be pafs'd in the other World . This Truth I obferv'd might be farther collected from the Remorfe and ...
... Religion , except the Being of a God , more unquestionably receiv'd by Jews and Gentiles , than the Expectation of an Account to be pafs'd in the other World . This Truth I obferv'd might be farther collected from the Remorfe and ...
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... Religion : Hypocrify has Vari- ety of Appearances to fhroud itself under ; and it's fometimes very difficult to under- ftand the true Qualities of an Action , and to penetrate the Depth , and explain the Mystery of Mens Designs . But at ...
... Religion : Hypocrify has Vari- ety of Appearances to fhroud itself under ; and it's fometimes very difficult to under- ftand the true Qualities of an Action , and to penetrate the Depth , and explain the Mystery of Mens Designs . But at ...
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Page 409 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God : for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man : but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Page 12 - I faw the dead, fmall and great, ftand before GOD ; and the books were opened : and another book was opened, which is the book of life : and the dead were judged out of thofe things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Page 269 - Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind...
Page 95 - I may be mighty through thee to pull down the strong holds of sin, to cast down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and to bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
Page 55 - Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Page 409 - Let no Man fay when he is tempted, I am tempted of God, for God cannot be tempted with Evil, neither tempteth he any Man., but every Man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own Lufi, and enticed.
Page 336 - THERE is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men : A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Page 253 - As concerning, therefore, the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or earth (as there be gods many and lords many), but to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him : And one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 160 - A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.