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Page 39
... truth . And sure the manner in which the three first mo- narchies are generally ranged , is evidently fabulous . For after having overthrown the Assyrian empire un- der Sardanapalus , the Medes are brought upon the a . C. 1. 1. C. stage ...
... truth . And sure the manner in which the three first mo- narchies are generally ranged , is evidently fabulous . For after having overthrown the Assyrian empire un- der Sardanapalus , the Medes are brought upon the a . C. 1. 1. C. stage ...
Page 84
... truths , though mixed with abundance of errors . The philosopher Ammonius made the Platonic philosophy subservient to religion , and won himself the respect of the heathens themselves . Mean while the Valentinians and Gnostics , and ...
... truths , though mixed with abundance of errors . The philosopher Ammonius made the Platonic philosophy subservient to religion , and won himself the respect of the heathens themselves . Mean while the Valentinians and Gnostics , and ...
Page 107
... truth were equally suppressed . To com- esp . plete the misfortune , some time after the emperor Heraclius took upon him to decide the question by his own authority , and proposed his ecthesis , or ex- position , favourable to the ...
... truth were equally suppressed . To com- esp . plete the misfortune , some time after the emperor Heraclius took upon him to decide the question by his own authority , and proposed his ecthesis , or ex- position , favourable to the ...
Page 122
... truth , to find , that in the times wherein profane histories have nothing to tell us but fables , or at most confused , and half - forgotten facts , the scripture , which is , without dispute , the most ancient book in the world ...
... truth , to find , that in the times wherein profane histories have nothing to tell us but fables , or at most confused , and half - forgotten facts , the scripture , which is , without dispute , the most ancient book in the world ...
Page 128
... truths . Let us not fancy that God breathes after the man- ner of animals . Let us not fancy that our soul is a subtle air , or thin vapour . The breath , which God inspires , and which bears in itself the image of God , is neither air ...
... truths . Let us not fancy that God breathes after the man- ner of animals . Let us not fancy that our soul is a subtle air , or thin vapour . The breath , which God inspires , and which bears in itself the image of God , is neither air ...
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Page 272 - For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called. But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and God hath 'chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Page 225 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 226 - For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief; even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
Page 224 - For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
Page 241 - For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
Page 267 - For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
Page 225 - For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Page 226 - O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his counsellor...
Page 239 - Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes ; and some of them ye shall kill and crucify, and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city.
Page 161 - And of all my sons, (for the Lord hath given me many sons), he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.