A Compendious Ecclesiastical History: From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeSwords, Stanford & Company, 1841 - 232 pages |
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... labour to walk under the guidance of the Spirit of God , with objects , tastes , and desires , altogether dif- ferent from those of the natural man . It was the sovereign will of God , that those who are saved should be fitted for their ...
... labour to walk under the guidance of the Spirit of God , with objects , tastes , and desires , altogether dif- ferent from those of the natural man . It was the sovereign will of God , that those who are saved should be fitted for their ...
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... labour of converting the popula tion more immediately around it ; and we hear little of new missions to the heathen ; yet Justin Martyr about A.D 150 . wrote in his Apology , that " there is no race of men , whether barbarian or Greek ...
... labour of converting the popula tion more immediately around it ; and we hear little of new missions to the heathen ; yet Justin Martyr about A.D 150 . wrote in his Apology , that " there is no race of men , whether barbarian or Greek ...
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... labour of their own hands procured for them the simplest food on which human life could be sustained , and garments proportioned at once to their poverty and the hu mility of their spirit . Thus having fulfilled the apostolic precept ...
... labour of their own hands procured for them the simplest food on which human life could be sustained , and garments proportioned at once to their poverty and the hu mility of their spirit . Thus having fulfilled the apostolic precept ...
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... labour of his hands , and whatever he possessed beyond his immediate necessities he gave to the poor . rarely left his retirement , except to plead the cause of those who were oppressed ; for many persons brought their com- plaints to ...
... labour of his hands , and whatever he possessed beyond his immediate necessities he gave to the poor . rarely left his retirement , except to plead the cause of those who were oppressed ; for many persons brought their com- plaints to ...
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... labour , and fast , as they pleased ; but those who eat more abundantly were expected to perform more laborious works . On the first and last days of the week , all received the holy eucha , rist . They prayed twelve times in the day ...
... labour , and fast , as they pleased ; but those who eat more abundantly were expected to perform more laborious works . On the first and last days of the week , all received the holy eucha , rist . They prayed twelve times in the day ...
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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 heart, brother, for God will either assuage the fury of the flame, or else strengthen us to abide it.
Page 3 - But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are : depart from me all ye workers of iniquity.
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 183 - I have lived to see this world is made up of perturbations ; and I have been long preparing to leave it, and gathering comfort for the dreadful hour of making my account with God, which I now apprehend to be near...
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.