The History of the Church of Christ: The three first centuries. 1794G. Peacock, 1794 |
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... use- ful information , and if one can look on them as civil hiftorians altogether , they are not to be blamed . Had they incorporated into their fecular narratives an account of the pro- grefs of godliness itself , I fhould not have ...
... use- ful information , and if one can look on them as civil hiftorians altogether , they are not to be blamed . Had they incorporated into their fecular narratives an account of the pro- grefs of godliness itself , I fhould not have ...
Page xiii
... use of such an hiftory as this , if it prove , that , in every age , there have been real followers of Chrift . Other ufes cannot fail to offer themfelves . To fee and trace the goodness of God by his Providence and Grace , in every age ...
... use of such an hiftory as this , if it prove , that , in every age , there have been real followers of Chrift . Other ufes cannot fail to offer themfelves . To fee and trace the goodness of God by his Providence and Grace , in every age ...
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... use fome address in conducting their prifoners in a gentle manner before the court . The high priest upbraids them with their difobedience to the former in- junction of filence , to whom they returned their former answer , that " they ...
... use fome address in conducting their prifoners in a gentle manner before the court . The high priest upbraids them with their difobedience to the former in- junction of filence , to whom they returned their former answer , that " they ...
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... use of the epiftles will remain , till time fhall be no more . T SECTION II . JUDEA AND GALILEE . HE Holy Land was divided into three pro- vinces , JUDEA , GALILEE , and SAMARIA . This last was in a fituation fo peculiar , as to deserve ...
... use of the epiftles will remain , till time fhall be no more . T SECTION II . JUDEA AND GALILEE . HE Holy Land was divided into three pro- vinces , JUDEA , GALILEE , and SAMARIA . This last was in a fituation fo peculiar , as to deserve ...
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... Acts and of the Epiftles , than of the four Gofpels . These last are indeed ineftimable ; but their uses are of another kind , and fall not within the plan of this work . war . The fingle town of Gadara , near the ( 40 )
... Acts and of the Epiftles , than of the four Gofpels . These last are indeed ineftimable ; but their uses are of another kind , and fall not within the plan of this work . war . The fingle town of Gadara , near the ( 40 )
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Page 346 - Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without ; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
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Page 372 - ... in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak ? who is offended, and I burn not?
Page 27 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 198 - For it much more concerns them to punish those who refuse to worship them than you, if they be able. But you harass and vex the Christians, and accuse them of Atheism and other crimes, which you can by no means prove. To them it appears an advantage to die for their religion, and they gain their point, while they throw away their lives, rather than comply with your injunctions. As to the earthquakes, which have happened in...
Page 180 - I wish may exercise all their fierceness upon me : and whom, for that end I will encourage, that they may be sure to devour me, and not serve me as they have done some, whom, out of fear, they have not touched. But and if they will not do it willingly, I will provoke them to it.
Page 292 - If man had not conquered the adversary of man, the enemy would not have been justly conquered.
Page 180 - Let fire and the cross, let the companies of wild beasts, let breaking of bones and tearing of limbs, let the grinding of the whole body, and all the malice of the Devil come upon me ; be it so, only may I enjoy Jesus Christ...
Page 303 - We are dead to all ideas of worldly honour and dignity ; nothing is more foreign to us than political concerns ; the whole world is our republic. " We are a body united in one bond of religion, discipline, and hope. We meet in our assemblies for prayer.