A compendious ecclesiastical historyJames Burns, 1840 - 254 pages |
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... 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.
... 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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... things which the law of Moses foreshadowed ; we worship the God of Abel and of Abraham , and serve him with their faith . 66 And as the true religion has always been essen- tially the same , so has it ever had to contend with the same ...
... things which the law of Moses foreshadowed ; we worship the God of Abel and of Abraham , and serve him with their faith . 66 And as the true religion has always been essen- tially the same , so has it ever had to contend with the same ...
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... things that I have commanded you : " and they " went forth and preached every where , the Lord working with them , and confirming the word with signs following . " The number of the disciples assembled in the upper room at Jerusalem ...
... things that I have commanded you : " and they " went forth and preached every where , the Lord working with them , and confirming the word with signs following . " The number of the disciples assembled in the upper room at Jerusalem ...
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... things in one , and to raise up all flesh of mankind , in order that , accord- ing to the invisible Father's will , every knee of things in heaven , and things in earth , and things under the earth , may bow to Christ Jesus our Lord ...
... things in one , and to raise up all flesh of mankind , in order that , accord- ing to the invisible Father's will , every knee of things in heaven , and things in earth , and things under the earth , may bow to Christ Jesus our Lord ...
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... thing that malice and ingenuity could devise was employed to shake their resolution . The rage and insolence of a brutal populace , the scourges and tortures of legal barbarity , and the more subtle tor- ment of promises and entreaties ...
... thing that malice and ingenuity could devise was employed to shake their resolution . The rage and insolence of a brutal populace , the scourges and tortures of legal barbarity , and the more subtle tor- ment of promises and entreaties ...
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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.