A compendious ecclesiastical historyJames Burns, 1840 - 254 pages |
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... all things it shall return thither again . The patri- archs and the prophets , the law and the gospel , B preached to mankind the same religion , which was expanded. A COMPENDIOUS Ecclesiastical History . CHAPTER PAGE Introduction.
... all things it shall return thither again . The patri- archs and the prophets , the law and the gospel , B preached to mankind the same religion , which was expanded. A COMPENDIOUS Ecclesiastical History . CHAPTER PAGE Introduction.
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... Gospel was , as yet , preached at Jerusalem only in one city of a remote and obscure province of the Roman empire . What mere worldly calcula- tion could then have imagined the triumphs which were in store for it ? Who could then have ...
... Gospel was , as yet , preached at Jerusalem only in one city of a remote and obscure province of the Roman empire . What mere worldly calcula- tion could then have imagined the triumphs which were in store for it ? Who could then have ...
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... Gospel : even the sorcerer Simon , deserted by his followers , and amazed at the gifts of the Holy Spirit , received baptism , in the vain hope of obtaining powers so far superior to his own . Tyre and Sidon now stretched forth their ...
... Gospel : even the sorcerer Simon , deserted by his followers , and amazed at the gifts of the Holy Spirit , received baptism , in the vain hope of obtaining powers so far superior to his own . Tyre and Sidon now stretched forth their ...
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... Gospel among the heathen ; though St. Paul declared that " he laboured more abundantly than they all . " The north of Asia Minor , or Cappadocia , Pontus , and Bithynia ( addressed by St. Peter in his epistle ) , pro- bably received the ...
... Gospel among the heathen ; though St. Paul declared that " he laboured more abundantly than they all . " The north of Asia Minor , or Cappadocia , Pontus , and Bithynia ( addressed by St. Peter in his epistle ) , pro- bably received the ...
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... Gospel had , at that time , been re- ceived in Germany , France , Spain , and in Libya : and Tertullian , a few years later , declares that Par- thia , Media , Armenia , the Getuli and Moors in Africa , all the borders of Spain , many ...
... Gospel had , at that time , been re- ceived in Germany , France , Spain , and in Libya : and Tertullian , a few years later , declares that Par- thia , Media , Armenia , the Getuli and Moors in Africa , all the borders of Spain , many ...
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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.