Compendious Ecclesiastical History from the Earliest Period of TimeJames Burns, 1840 - 354 pages |
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... sins . 5 Nor was the Church only to be tried by inward failings ; it was to pass through the furnace of affliction and persecution from without . The saints in heaven are described as " they that came out of great tribulation ; " 4 and ...
... sins . 5 Nor was the Church only to be tried by inward failings ; it was to pass through the furnace of affliction and persecution from without . The saints in heaven are described as " they that came out of great tribulation ; " 4 and ...
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... sins of nature . The perpetuity of the Church ; its propagation in all nations ; the suc- cession of the true faith ; the manifestations of the Holy Spirit's assistance in the lives of Christians ; the calamities , errors , afflictions ...
... sins of nature . The perpetuity of the Church ; its propagation in all nations ; the suc- cession of the true faith ; the manifestations of the Holy Spirit's assistance in the lives of Christians ; the calamities , errors , afflictions ...
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... sins of men brought down the SON OF GOD from infinite glory and blessedness to the bitter 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 ...
... sins of men brought down the SON OF GOD from infinite glory and blessedness to the bitter 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 ...
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... sins of my past life , and my cleansed heart had received light from on high and the heavenly Spirit , I was amazed how my doubts vanished away ; all was open ; all was clear ; and I found easy what had appeared to me impossible ; so as ...
... sins of my past life , and my cleansed heart had received light from on high and the heavenly Spirit , I was amazed how my doubts vanished away ; all was open ; all was clear ; and I found easy what had appeared to me impossible ; so as ...
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... sins , and destructive of salvation . I now proceed to the consideration of the sacra- ments and rites of the Church . One of the fullest and most interesting details of the celebration of Baptism and the Lord's supper in those days ...
... sins , and destructive of salvation . I now proceed to the consideration of the sacra- ments and rites of the Church . One of the fullest and most interesting details of the celebration of Baptism and the Lord's supper in those days ...
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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.