The History of the Church of Christ: The fourth and fifth centuriesFarrand, Mallory, and Company, 1809 |
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... shew , that it was not without reluctance , that Dioclesian was induced to consent to an universal carnage , though he too well agreed with Galerius in forming a system for the extinction of the christian name . Sometime after a part of ...
... shew , that it was not without reluctance , that Dioclesian was induced to consent to an universal carnage , though he too well agreed with Galerius in forming a system for the extinction of the christian name . Sometime after a part of ...
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... shew due regard for the divine Saviour ? of This Apphian had a brother called Edesius , who had advanced farther in the philosophical studies than himself , and who likewise embraced the faith of Christ . Prisons , bonds , and the ...
... shew due regard for the divine Saviour ? of This Apphian had a brother called Edesius , who had advanced farther in the philosophical studies than himself , and who likewise embraced the faith of Christ . Prisons , bonds , and the ...
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... shews at once the propriety of such signal divine interpositions , and renders them more cred- ible . The present age affects a skepticism more daring than any preceding one ; but in every age before this , all sober and considerate ...
... shews at once the propriety of such signal divine interpositions , and renders them more cred- ible . The present age affects a skepticism more daring than any preceding one ; but in every age before this , all sober and considerate ...
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... favourite bish- ops , nor in the general appearance of the church , can we see much of the spirit of godliness . Pompous ap- paratus , augmented superstitions , and unmeaning forms of piety , much shew and little substance appears . 56.
... favourite bish- ops , nor in the general appearance of the church , can we see much of the spirit of godliness . Pompous ap- paratus , augmented superstitions , and unmeaning forms of piety , much shew and little substance appears . 56.
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Joseph Milner. of piety , much shew and little substance appears . This is the impression , which the account given by Eusebi- us has left on my mind . As the matter of my history is very scanty here , I shall endeavour to compress if ...
Joseph Milner. of piety , much shew and little substance appears . This is the impression , which the account given by Eusebi- us has left on my mind . As the matter of my history is very scanty here , I shall endeavour to compress if ...
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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.