A Compendious Ecclesiastical History: From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeSwords, Stanford & Company, 1868 - 232 pages |
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... pious Milner . But , beside its greater com- pendiousness , so much better suited for popular use , this work has the advantage of much better execution . The decided bias which so often sways the judgment of Milner is no where ...
... pious Milner . But , beside its greater com- pendiousness , so much better suited for popular use , this work has the advantage of much better execution . The decided bias which so often sways the judgment of Milner is no where ...
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... pious missionaries successfully dis- seminated the Gospel throughout Gaul , and founded several churches in Germany . about A.D. 280 . So great was the progress of religion , notwithstanding the violent and cruel persecutions to which ...
... pious missionaries successfully dis- seminated the Gospel throughout Gaul , and founded several churches in Germany . about A.D. 280 . So great was the progress of religion , notwithstanding the violent and cruel persecutions to which ...
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... pious , and those who observe his com- mandments , and continue in his love , either from the begin- ning , or from the time of their repentance . " " This preaching , and this faith ( as we have said , ) the Church , though ...
... pious , and those who observe his com- mandments , and continue in his love , either from the begin- ning , or from the time of their repentance . " " This preaching , and this faith ( as we have said , ) the Church , though ...
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... pious simplicity was unable to detect errors veiled under the guise of orthodox language : but when , at length , the real tenets of the Arians began to be more openly developed , and when the multiplication of creeds , and their ...
... pious simplicity was unable to detect errors veiled under the guise of orthodox language : but when , at length , the real tenets of the Arians began to be more openly developed , and when the multiplication of creeds , and their ...
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... pious brethren to preach the Gospel in this country . Arriving about 590 , he founded several Christian churches ; but the conversion of the Saxons to the faith was chiefly due to several holy bishops and missionaries from Ireland in ...
... pious brethren to preach the Gospel in this country . Arriving about 590 , he founded several Christian churches ; but the conversion of the Saxons to the faith was chiefly due to several holy bishops and missionaries from Ireland in ...
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Page 21 - But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Page 62 - The night is far spent, the day is at hand : let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day : not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Page 62 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day ; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 6 - And the word of God increased ; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
Page 178 - 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 4 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 81 - The body and blood of Christ which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper.
Page 15 - Their executions were so contrived as to expose them to derision and contempt. Some were covered over with the skins of wild beasts, and torn to pieces by dogs ; some were crucified ; others, having been daubed over with combustible materials, were set up as lights in the night time, and thus burned to death.
Page 5 - But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
Page 30 - And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.