The Ecclesiastical Class Book, Or, History of the Church: From the Birth of Christ to the Present TimeF.J. Huntington, 1839 - 255 pages |
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... Peter to be apprehended . His own death followed not long after , being smitten of heaven by a disease , which no skill could cure , and the tor- ments of which no means could alleviate . 13. Notwithstanding the low state of the Jews ...
... Peter to be apprehended . His own death followed not long after , being smitten of heaven by a disease , which no skill could cure , and the tor- ments of which no means could alleviate . 13. Notwithstanding the low state of the Jews ...
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... Peter denied that he knew him . But , from the day of Pentecost , they seem to have felt no weariness , and to have feared no danger . The gift of tongues , or the power of speaking different languages , thus imparted to the apostles ...
... Peter denied that he knew him . But , from the day of Pentecost , they seem to have felt no weariness , and to have feared no danger . The gift of tongues , or the power of speaking different languages , thus imparted to the apostles ...
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... Peter to Jerusalem , he was censured by some for having preached to a Gentile . But he so explained his conduct in going to Cornelius , ( informing them of what God had wrought in the family of this man by his preaching , ) as to ...
... Peter to Jerusalem , he was censured by some for having preached to a Gentile . But he so explained his conduct in going to Cornelius , ( informing them of what God had wrought in the family of this man by his preaching , ) as to ...
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... Peter , had he not been miraculously delivered from his hand , This Herod Agrippa , was the grandson of Herod the Great , ( Introduc- tion , Sec . 12 , ) and nephew to Herod the Tetrarch , who put to death John the Baptist . Herod ...
... Peter , had he not been miraculously delivered from his hand , This Herod Agrippa , was the grandson of Herod the Great , ( Introduc- tion , Sec . 12 , ) and nephew to Herod the Tetrarch , who put to death John the Baptist . Herod ...
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... Peter . The last view which we have of this latter Apostle in the Scriptures , presents him at Antioch about A. D. 50. After this , he preached the gospel in Pontus , Galatia , Cappadocia , Asia and Bythinia . It is supposed that he ...
... Peter . The last view which we have of this latter Apostle in the Scriptures , presents him at Antioch about A. D. 50. After this , he preached the gospel in Pontus , Galatia , Cappadocia , Asia and Bythinia . It is supposed that he ...
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Page 160 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 18 - 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 154 - A. — In the exposition of the faith by the Eastern Patriarchs it is said that the word Transubstantiation is not to be taken to define the manner in which the bread and wine are changed into the body and blood of the Lord...
Page 78 - is the key of heaven and of hell; a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer; whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim.
Page 13 - It was not one person, but many, who saw him ; they saw him not only separately but together, not only by night but by day, not at a distance but near, not once but several times; they not only saw him, but touched him, conversed with him, ate with him, examined his person to satisfy their doubts.