The Autobiography of SatanJohn Relly Beard |
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... shew , if only because I respect and love the Bible , and because I find in the Biblical religion , as represented by Jesus , the great hope of humanity . My efforts to eliminate Satan from the Bible , if successful , will owe the ...
... shew , if only because I respect and love the Bible , and because I find in the Biblical religion , as represented by Jesus , the great hope of humanity . My efforts to eliminate Satan from the Bible , if successful , will owe the ...
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... shew how dark and troubled were the channels which have trans- mitted belief in me to the modern world . That the literary authority I chiefly follow may be un- questionable , I take the book which more than all others makes the priests ...
... shew how dark and troubled were the channels which have trans- mitted belief in me to the modern world . That the literary authority I chiefly follow may be un- questionable , I take the book which more than all others makes the priests ...
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... those whom the Church of Rome calls Fathers , only shews how long the credulity has been fostered , and how carefully and successfully it has been sustained . We thus find the 22 POPE JOHN'S HORSE WON'T CARRY A WOMAN . fable.
... those whom the Church of Rome calls Fathers , only shews how long the credulity has been fostered , and how carefully and successfully it has been sustained . We thus find the 22 POPE JOHN'S HORSE WON'T CARRY A WOMAN . fable.
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... shew the style in which his wonderful works after his death are given . His body , for instance , on one occasion extin- guished the flames of Vesuvius . Next comes that noble miracle - præclarum illud - the liquefaction of Januarius's ...
... shew the style in which his wonderful works after his death are given . His body , for instance , on one occasion extin- guished the flames of Vesuvius . Next comes that noble miracle - præclarum illud - the liquefaction of Januarius's ...
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... shew that those who reject certain facts related by the Greek historian , on account of their incredibility , treat him with too much rigour , since a number of facts daily happen which are altogether as surprising as those that are ...
... shew that those who reject certain facts related by the Greek historian , on account of their incredibility , treat him with too much rigour , since a number of facts daily happen which are altogether as surprising as those that are ...
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Ahriman Allah Andrew angels apostle appear ascribed astrologer authority Bargrave Beelzebub believe Bible body book of Enoch book of Job called cast century Christ Christian Church consequence credulity curse dark death declares demoniacs demonology demons devil divine dualism earth ecclesiastical eternal everlasting evil spirit existence exorcism eyes fable fact fall Father fear figures of speech fire God's Gospel hand heart heaven Hebrew hell holy human race Iblis Irenæus Jehovah Jewish king kingdom legend light magic magician man's Matt matter Meylan mind monotheism moral Moses nature Ormuzd pagan passage personal devil Peter Pope possession priests prince punishment reality religion religious sacerdotal Saint Samael Samyaza Satan Scripture serpent Shemitic shew Simon Magus soul speak superstition Testament thee things thou thought throne tion truth universe unto Veal whole wicked words worship Zoroaster
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Page 35 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new world ; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 Sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Page 151 - Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it, 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
Page 36 - What feigned submission swore! Ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void; For never can true reconcilement grow Where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep...
Page 36 - Thou hadst : whom hast thou then or what to accuse, But Heaven's free love dealt equally to all ? Be then His love accursed, since love or hate, To me alike, it deals eternal woe. Nay, cursed be thou ; since against His thy will Chose freely what it now so justly rues.
Page 106 - And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Page 129 - And I heard a loud voice, saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ : for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
Page vii - And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy...
Page 89 - I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
Page 172 - And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them ; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so : but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger ; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
Page 36 - Yet why not ? some other power As great might have aspired, and me, though mean, Drawn to his part ? but other powers as great Fell not, but stand unshaken, from within Or from without, to all temptations arm'd. Hadst thou the same free will and power to stand ? Thou hadst: whom hast thou then, or what to...