Compendious Ecclesiastical History from the Earliest Period of TimeJames Burns, 1840 - 354 pages |
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... persons who are in danger of suffering ; for many of all ages and every rank , of both sexes likewise , are accused , and will be accused . Nor has the contagion of this superstition seized cities only , but the lesser towns also , and ...
... persons who are in danger of suffering ; for many of all ages and every rank , of both sexes likewise , are accused , and will be accused . Nor has the contagion of this superstition seized cities only , but the lesser towns also , and ...
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... person , thus virtually denying that the Son , or the Holy Ghost , could have been sent " by the Father , 1 or come from , " 2 " be with , " or " intercede with , " 4 the Father , were also universally rejected by the Church , as ...
... person , thus virtually denying that the Son , or the Holy Ghost , could have been sent " by the Father , 1 or come from , " 2 " be with , " or " intercede with , " 4 the Father , were also universally rejected by the Church , as ...
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... persons amongst our number , since the governor ordered a public inquisition to be made after us all . And they , by advice of Satan , fearing the tortures which they saw the saints endure , the soldiers urging them on , belied us as ...
... persons amongst our number , since the governor ordered a public inquisition to be made after us all . And they , by advice of Satan , fearing the tortures which they saw the saints endure , the soldiers urging them on , belied us as ...
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... persons were so overcome by fear as to deny Christ . We have already seen one instance of recovery from this lamentable failure ; but the Christians were now to rejoice at the return of those who had forsaken their Saviour . The account ...
... persons were so overcome by fear as to deny Christ . We have already seen one instance of recovery from this lamentable failure ; but the Christians were now to rejoice at the return of those who had forsaken their Saviour . The account ...
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... persons selling their goods , and giving them to the poor , though the practice was not general . It was customary for all Christians to receive the sacrament of the eucharist every Sunday ; in some churches , indeed , especially in ...
... persons selling their goods , and giving them to the poor , though the practice was not general . It was customary for all Christians to receive the sacrament of the eucharist every Sunday ; in some churches , indeed , especially in ...
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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 98 - 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 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 20 - Whosoever shall confess Me before men, him will I confess before My Father.
Page 7 - ... they shall take up serpents ; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them ; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
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 34 - 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 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.