Private Thoughts Upon Religion and a Christian LifeA.J. Valpy ; sold by Longman, Baldwin, Rivington & Company, 1821 - 369 pages |
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... How ortho- dox in his doctrine ! How regular and uniform in the public worship of the church ! In a word , so zealous was he and heavenly - minded in all the spiritual exercises of his parochial function , and his labors were so 18.
... How ortho- dox in his doctrine ! How regular and uniform in the public worship of the church ! In a word , so zealous was he and heavenly - minded in all the spiritual exercises of his parochial function , and his labors were so 18.
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... worship that Deity which they acknowledge ; yea , though it be but a stick or a stone , yet if they fancy any thing of divinity in it , they presently perform worship and homage to it . Nay , that God is to be worshipped , is a truth ...
... worship that Deity which they acknowledge ; yea , though it be but a stick or a stone , yet if they fancy any thing of divinity in it , they presently perform worship and homage to it . Nay , that God is to be worshipped , is a truth ...
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... worship the Devil , would think it as strange doctrine to say that Christ is to be feared more than the Devil , as such as believe in Christ think it is , to say the Devil is to be preferred before Christ . So do the Mahometans call all ...
... worship the Devil , would think it as strange doctrine to say that Christ is to be feared more than the Devil , as such as believe in Christ think it is , to say the Devil is to be preferred before Christ . So do the Mahometans call all ...
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... worship to God , than such as is displeasing to him ; to do him no service , than such as will be in- effectual to make me happy , and not only frustrate my expectations of bliss , but make me for ever miserable . The religion then that ...
... worship to God , than such as is displeasing to him ; to do him no service , than such as will be in- effectual to make me happy , and not only frustrate my expectations of bliss , but make me for ever miserable . The religion then that ...
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... worship the sun , others the moon and stars , others the earth and other elements , serpents , trees , and the like . And others again pay homage and adoration to images and statues , in the fashion of men and women , hogs , horses ...
... worship the sun , others the moon and stars , others the earth and other elements , serpents , trees , and the like . And others again pay homage and adoration to images and statues , in the fashion of men and women , hogs , horses ...
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Page 199 - Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 190 - And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Page 91 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust : for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Page 129 - If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, To give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: Yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
Page 240 - O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.
Page 231 - But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Page 197 - Lord's Prayer, and the ten Commandments, in the vulgar tongue, and all other things which a Christian ought to know and believe to his soul's health...
Page 193 - God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of my life.
Page 274 - If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
Page 277 - And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me : nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done.