The History of the Church of Christ: The fourth and fifth centuriesFarrand, Mallory, and Company, 1809 |
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... judges and officers . Some gave it as their opinion , that the christians should in general be put to death ; others induced by fear or flattery assent- ed . Still Dioclesian was averse , and through policy or superstition determined to ...
... judges and officers . Some gave it as their opinion , that the christians should in general be put to death ; others induced by fear or flattery assent- ed . Still Dioclesian was averse , and through policy or superstition determined to ...
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... Judges were every where at work in compelling men to sacrifice . The prisons were full . Unheard of tor- tures were invented , and to prevent the possibility of christians obtaining justice , altars were placed in courts , at which ...
... Judges were every where at work in compelling men to sacrifice . The prisons were full . Unheard of tor- tures were invented , and to prevent the possibility of christians obtaining justice , altars were placed in courts , at which ...
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... judge himself , exhort them to pity themselves , their wives , and children . They loved Christ above all , and were beheaded . † Undoubtedly these scenes demonstrate in the high- est manner the strength of grace , and the reality of ...
... judge himself , exhort them to pity themselves , their wives , and children . They loved Christ above all , and were beheaded . † Undoubtedly these scenes demonstrate in the high- est manner the strength of grace , and the reality of ...
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... judges ex- ercising ingenious malice in the daily invention of new punishments . Wearied at length with murder , and affecting to praise the clemency of the emperors , who were desirous to save life , they contented themselves with ...
... judges ex- ercising ingenious malice in the daily invention of new punishments . Wearied at length with murder , and affecting to praise the clemency of the emperors , who were desirous to save life , they contented themselves with ...
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... Judge , and offered themselves for martyrdom . They suffered , in conjunction with two others , whose spirit and circumstances in the manner of their de- parture out of life , were more conformable to the rules of the gospel . Power ...
... Judge , and offered themselves for martyrdom . They suffered , in conjunction with two others , whose spirit and circumstances in the manner of their de- parture out of life , were more conformable to the rules of the gospel . Power ...
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Page 340 - 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 71 - Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without ; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Page 388 - It is not of him that willeth or of him that runneth...
Page 341 - LORD, truly I am thy servant ; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid : thou hast loosed my bonds.
Page 376 - I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them to do them good ; and I will put my fear into their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Page 458 - Equal to the Father, as touching his Godhead: and inferior to the Father, as touching his Manhood.
Page 376 - And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them and of their children after them...
Page 348 - God is faithful, who will not suffer" us " to be tempted above that" we " are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that " we
Page 332 - ... he delights in the law of God after the inward man, yet that there is another law in his members warring against the law of his mind, and bringing him into captivity to the law of sin, which is in his members.
Page 290 - For thou hast made us for thyself, and our heart is restless, till it rest in thee.