Institutes of the Christian Religion, Volume 1P. H. Nicklin, 1816 - Reformed Church |
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Page ix
... appears to have reached six editions in the life of the Translator . A reflection on the small number of persons who may be supposed to have had inclination and ability to read such a book at that period , compared with the number of ...
... appears to have reached six editions in the life of the Translator . A reflection on the small number of persons who may be supposed to have had inclination and ability to read such a book at that period , compared with the number of ...
Page xv
... appears . London , May 12 , 1813 . P. S. Many persons have expressed a wish that the present edition of the Institutes should be preceded by a Life of the Author . But , to attempt doing any thing like justice to the subject , would ...
... appears . London , May 12 , 1813 . P. S. Many persons have expressed a wish that the present edition of the Institutes should be preceded by a Life of the Author . But , to attempt doing any thing like justice to the subject , would ...
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... appears to be prac- tised by many soon obtains the force of a custom . And human affairs have scarcely ever been in so good a state as for the majority to be pleased with things of real ex- cellence . From the private vices of ...
... appears to be prac- tised by many soon obtains the force of a custom . And human affairs have scarcely ever been in so good a state as for the majority to be pleased with things of real ex- cellence . From the private vices of ...
Page 61
... appears the vile ingratitude of men ; that , while they ought to be proclaiming the praises of God for the wonderful skill displayed in their formation , and the inestima- ble bounties he bestows on them , they are only inflated with ...
... appears the vile ingratitude of men ; that , while they ought to be proclaiming the praises of God for the wonderful skill displayed in their formation , and the inestima- ble bounties he bestows on them , they are only inflated with ...
Page 64
... appears also from the profane expressions of the filthy Lucretius , which are deductions from the same prin- ciple . ( e ) Its true tendency is to set up a shadowy deity , and to banish all ideas of the true God , the proper object of ...
... appears also from the profane expressions of the filthy Lucretius , which are deductions from the same prin- ciple . ( e ) Its true tendency is to set up a shadowy deity , and to banish all ideas of the true God , the proper object of ...
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Page 532 - Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven.
Page 446 - Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.
Page 385 - The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
Page 453 - For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
Page 463 - Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Page 338 - So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
Page 426 - But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me ; 6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free.
Page 373 - For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Page 399 - Being, who is infinitely more than an adequate object of all those affections : whom we are commanded to love with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind.
Page 427 - And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.