A compendious ecclesiastical historyJames Burns, 1840 - 254 pages |
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... Christians by the Lord and his disciples , can fail to perceive that the same evil tendency of the human heart was ... Christian , as described in Scrip- ture , consists of self - denial , of warfare against the inclinations of nature ...
... Christians by the Lord and his disciples , can fail to perceive that the same evil tendency of the human heart was ... Christian , as described in Scrip- ture , consists of self - denial , of warfare against the inclinations of nature ...
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... Christ is , indeed , compared to a field in which tares grow with the wheat , 2 and to a net which was let down into the sea , and gathered of all kinds both bad and good.3 Such was to be the mingled state of the Christian Church ...
... Christ is , indeed , compared to a field in which tares grow with the wheat , 2 and to a net which was let down into the sea , and gathered of all kinds both bad and good.3 Such was to be the mingled state of the Christian Church ...
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... Christ , under the figure of " the stone cut out of the mountain without hands , " which " became a great mountain , and filled the whole earth . " 2 Thus was Christianity destined to spring from a small and obscure beginning , and to ...
... Christ , under the figure of " the stone cut out of the mountain without hands , " which " became a great mountain , and filled the whole earth . " 2 Thus was Christianity destined to spring from a small and obscure beginning , and to ...
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... Christians , he says , " Therefore , suspending all judi- cial proceedings , I have recourse to you for advice ; for ... Christianity had , in the course of about fifty years , almost sub- verted idolatry in those provinces . Little is ...
... Christians , he says , " Therefore , suspending all judi- cial proceedings , I have recourse to you for advice ; for ... Christianity had , in the course of about fifty years , almost sub- verted idolatry in those provinces . Little is ...
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... Christ . " We are but of yesterday , " he said ; " yet we have filled your empire , your cities , your islands , your ... Christian emperor , Constantine the Great , to relieve the Church from persecution , to act as the defender of its ...
... Christ . " We are but of yesterday , " he said ; " yet we have filled your empire , your cities , your islands , your ... Christian emperor , Constantine the Great , to relieve the Church from persecution , to act as the defender of its ...
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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 68 - 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 192 - Be of good heart, brother, for God will either assuage the fury of the flame, or else strengthen us to abide it.
Page 193 - 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 24 - 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 86 - The body and blood of Christ which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper.
Page 33 - 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 11 - There is not a nation, either of Greek or Barbarian, or of any other name, even of those who wander in tribes, and live in tents, amongst whom prayers and thanksgivings are not offered to the Father and Creator of the universe by the name of the crucified Jesus.