The History of the Church of Christ: The fourth and fifth centuriesFarrand, Mallory, and Company, 1809 |
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... spirit and views of the writer and other good men of that time . " The martyrs fixing sincerely the eye of their mind on the supreme God , and cheerfully embracing death for the sake of godli- ness , held immoveably their calling ...
... spirit and views of the writer and other good men of that time . " The martyrs fixing sincerely the eye of their mind on the supreme God , and cheerfully embracing death for the sake of godli- ness , held immoveably their calling ...
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... spirit which moved Mattathias , the father of the Mac- cabees , on a like occasion , was felt by Romanus , but exerted in a manner more agreeable to the christian dis- pensation . He cried aloud , and rebuked their coward- ice and ...
... spirit which moved Mattathias , the father of the Mac- cabees , on a like occasion , was felt by Romanus , but exerted in a manner more agreeable to the christian dis- pensation . He cried aloud , and rebuked their coward- ice and ...
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... spirit and circumstances in the manner of their de- parture out of life , were more conformable to the rules of the gospel . Power being now communicated to the governors of the different provinces to punish the christians freely , each ...
... spirit and circumstances in the manner of their de- parture out of life , were more conformable to the rules of the gospel . Power being now communicated to the governors of the different provinces to punish the christians freely , each ...
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... spirit , and furnishes the man with dispositions for obe- dience , supersedes not the use of pastoral instruction ... spirits of christians , and to discipline them by scripture rules . The persecution found vast numbers perfidious and ...
... spirit , and furnishes the man with dispositions for obe- dience , supersedes not the use of pastoral instruction ... spirits of christians , and to discipline them by scripture rules . The persecution found vast numbers perfidious and ...
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... spirit , found no pastor to discountenance their self - will and false zeal ; a sure sign , that the true spirit of mar- tyrdom was very low , compared with what had former- ly been the case . And the prevalence of superstition on the ...
... spirit , found no pastor to discountenance their self - will and false zeal ; a sure sign , that the true spirit of mar- tyrdom was very low , compared with what had former- ly been the case . And the prevalence of superstition on the ...
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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.