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... considered , that this was not setting forth , or magnifying the character and wor- ship of some new competitor for a place in the Pantheon , whose pretensions might be discussed or asserted without questioning the reality of any others ...
... considered , that this was not setting forth , or magnifying the character and wor- ship of some new competitor for a place in the Pantheon , whose pretensions might be discussed or asserted without questioning the reality of any others ...
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... considered , that this danger proceeded not merely from solemn acts and public resolutions of the state , but from sudden bursts of violence at particular places , from the license of the populace , the rashness of some ma- gistrates ...
... considered , that this danger proceeded not merely from solemn acts and public resolutions of the state , but from sudden bursts of violence at particular places , from the license of the populace , the rashness of some ma- gistrates ...
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... considered religion entirely as an affair of state , as much under the tuition of the magi- strate , as any other part of the police . The reli- gion of that age was not merely allied to the state ; it was incorporated into it . Many of ...
... considered religion entirely as an affair of state , as much under the tuition of the magi- strate , as any other part of the police . The reli- gion of that age was not merely allied to the state ; it was incorporated into it . Many of ...
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... considered by the people as equally true , by the philosopher as equally false , and by the magistrate as equally useful " and I would ask from which of these three classes of men were the Christian missionaries to look for protection ...
... considered by the people as equally true , by the philosopher as equally false , and by the magistrate as equally useful " and I would ask from which of these three classes of men were the Christian missionaries to look for protection ...
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... considered as sacrificed , not so much out of a regard to the public good , as to gratify the cruelty of one man . " Our concern with this passage at present is only so far as it affords a presumption in support of the proposition which ...
... considered as sacrificed , not so much out of a regard to the public good , as to gratify the cruelty of one man . " Our concern with this passage at present is only so far as it affords a presumption in support of the proposition which ...
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Page 334 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Page 198 - God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Page 293 - Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria, and were edified : and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
Page 351 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words ; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, (which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know...
Page 203 - And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Page 250 - And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
Page 329 - And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted : Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified : he is risen ; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. 7 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee : there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.
Page 204 - If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another ; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Page 274 - And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world : which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
Page 298 - Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God ; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.