A compendious ecclesiastical historyJames Burns, 1840 - 254 pages |
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... tion was awfully exemplified in the days of Noah , when all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth ; " and that patriarch's family were alone found just . It was still more wonderfully manifested in the rebellions and backslidings ...
... tion was awfully exemplified in the days of Noah , when all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth ; " and that patriarch's family were alone found just . It was still more wonderfully manifested in the rebellions and backslidings ...
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... tion and 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 ...
... tion and 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 ...
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... tion could then have imagined the triumphs which were in store for it ? Who could then have expected that philosophies , idolatries , and superstitions , the growth of so many long ages , were to be prostrated and annihilated before it ...
... tion could then have imagined the triumphs which were in store for it ? Who could then have expected that philosophies , idolatries , and superstitions , the growth of so many long ages , were to be prostrated and annihilated before it ...
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... tion , though checked for a while , broke out afresh , not only in Judæa , where the evil first originated , but even in the city ( Rome ) , the common sink into which every thing filthy and abominable flows from all quarters of the ...
... tion , though checked for a while , broke out afresh , not only in Judæa , where the evil first originated , but even in the city ( Rome ) , the common sink into which every thing filthy and abominable flows from all quarters of the ...
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... tion ; such the torments under which Christians steadfastly continued in their profession of Christ . The heathen regarded this steadfastness as obstinacy and insanity . The rejection of all the gods of the heathen , and all their ...
... tion ; such the torments under which Christians steadfastly continued in their profession of Christ . The heathen regarded this steadfastness as obstinacy and insanity . The rejection of all the gods of the heathen , and all their ...
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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.