Outlines of Ecclesiastical History: On a New Plan, Designed for Academies and SchoolsH. & F. J. Huntington, 1829 - 424 pages |
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... hands of Herod the Great , who held it under the Emperor of Rome . ( Herod was a monster of cruelty who despised both the Jewish reli- gion and their laws , and appeared to delight in the oppression and degradation of that ancient ...
... hands of Herod the Great , who held it under the Emperor of Rome . ( Herod was a monster of cruelty who despised both the Jewish reli- gion and their laws , and appeared to delight in the oppression and degradation of that ancient ...
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... hand . This Herod Agrippa , was the grandson of Herod the Great ( mentioned Matthew 11 , ) and nephew to Herod the Tetrarch , who put to death John the Baptist . He had incurred the displeasure of Tiberius , by whose order he was put in ...
... hand . This Herod Agrippa , was the grandson of Herod the Great ( mentioned Matthew 11 , ) and nephew to Herod the Tetrarch , who put to death John the Baptist . He had incurred the displeasure of Tiberius , by whose order he was put in ...
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... hands of Barnabas and Paul who , when they had accomplished the object of their mission , returned to Antioch . This famine is noticed by Josephus , Eusebius and others . Its occurrence presented an opportunity to the believing whom ...
... hands of Barnabas and Paul who , when they had accomplished the object of their mission , returned to Antioch . This famine is noticed by Josephus , Eusebius and others . Its occurrence presented an opportunity to the believing whom ...
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... hands , commenced his first apostolic journey in which , after visiting Cyprus and the provin- ces of Pamphylia , Pisidia and Lycaonia , re- turned to Antioch . On leaving Antioch , Paul first came to Seleucia , fifteen miles below the ...
... hands , commenced his first apostolic journey in which , after visiting Cyprus and the provin- ces of Pamphylia , Pisidia and Lycaonia , re- turned to Antioch . On leaving Antioch , Paul first came to Seleucia , fifteen miles below the ...
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... hands , " and " fear fell on them , and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified . " Such was the power of divine truth upon many who had been engaged in the devices of exorcism , conjuration and magic ; that they brought their books ...
... hands , " and " fear fell on them , and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified . " Such was the power of divine truth upon many who had been engaged in the devices of exorcism , conjuration and magic ; that they brought their books ...
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Page 53 - And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time ; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Page 276 - And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Page 42 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 66 - And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
Page 101 - I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all ! At this sermon there was also one of our club, who, being of my sentiments respecting the building in Georgia, and suspecting a collection might be intended, had by precaution emptied his pockets before he came from home : towards the conclusion of the discourse, however, he felt a strong...
Page 229 - Church, to the unity of the faithful, and to that innocence and purity which you possessed at baptism; so that when you die the gates of punishment shall be shut, and the gates of the paradise of delight shall be opened; and if you shall not die at present this grace shall remain in full force when you are at the point of death.
Page 101 - Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all.
Page 63 - Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
Page 124 - We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of all things, visible and invisible...
Page 26 - Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.