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... death which once passed on all men , and to which all that is merely human must bow . But in the history of the Church we view not only the working of the law of death , but the counter- acting tendency of the Spirit of life ...
... death which once passed on all men , and to which all that is merely human must bow . But in the history of the Church we view not only the working of the law of death , but the counter- acting tendency of the Spirit of life ...
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... death of the apostles . The Church was probably engaged chiefly in the labour of converting the population more immediately around it ; and we hear little of new missions to the heathen ; yet Justin Martyr , about A.D. 150 , wrote in ...
... death of the apostles . The Church was probably engaged chiefly in the labour of converting the population more immediately around it ; and we hear little of new missions to the heathen ; yet Justin Martyr , about A.D. 150 , wrote in ...
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... death of the cross , in order that the guilt of sin might be washed away by the efficacy of his most awful sufferings ; to those who know that the object of his mission on earth was to seek and save that which was lost through sin , to ...
... death of the cross , in order that the guilt of sin might be washed away by the efficacy of his most awful sufferings ; to those who know that the object of his mission on earth was to seek and save that which was lost through sin , to ...
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... death , as a criminal , by the pro- curator Pontius Pilate . But this pestilent supersti- tion , though checked for a while , broke out afresh , not only in Judæa , where the evil first originated , but even in the city ( Rome ) , the ...
... death , as a criminal , by the pro- curator Pontius Pilate . But this pestilent supersti- tion , though checked for a while , broke out afresh , not only in Judæa , where the evil first originated , but even in the city ( Rome ) , the ...
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William Patrick Palmer. burned to death . For these spectacles , Nero gave his own gardens ; and at the same time exhibited there the diversions of the circus ; sometimes stand- ing in the crowd as a spectator , in the habit of a ...
William Patrick Palmer. burned to death . For these spectacles , Nero gave his own gardens ; and at the same time exhibited there the diversions of the circus ; sometimes stand- ing in the crowd as a spectator , in the habit of a ...
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Page 46 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice : and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
Page 7 - 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 34 - For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 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 98 - 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 272 - Saviour Jesus Christ»; to whom with the Father and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, now and for ever ; Amen, Amen.
Page 276 - 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 3 - But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are : depart from me all ye workers of iniquity.
Page 55 - 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.
Page 6 - 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 130 - I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.