Observations on the conversion and apostleship of st. Paul, a letter [by G. Lyttelton.]. |
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... nature , tending to their inftruction and edification , without any mixture of that civil dominion in which alone an impoftor can find his account . Such was the dominion acquired and exercised through the pretence of Divine infpiration ...
... nature , tending to their inftruction and edification , without any mixture of that civil dominion in which alone an impoftor can find his account . Such was the dominion acquired and exercised through the pretence of Divine infpiration ...
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... natural in one who propa- gated a new religion . We fee that the bishops of Rome have claimed to themselves a primacy , or rather a monarchy over the whole Chriftian church . If St. Paul had been actuated by the fame luft of dominion ...
... natural in one who propa- gated a new religion . We fee that the bishops of Rome have claimed to themselves a primacy , or rather a monarchy over the whole Chriftian church . If St. Paul had been actuated by the fame luft of dominion ...
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... nature , as that it irresistibly im- pelled him to good , and reftrained him from evil , how could he express any ... natural prevalence of bodily appetites , if not duly reftrained by his own voluntary care . This fingle paffage is a ...
... nature , as that it irresistibly im- pelled him to good , and reftrained him from evil , how could he express any ... natural prevalence of bodily appetites , if not duly reftrained by his own voluntary care . This fingle paffage is a ...
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... nature ; or any of thofe wicked tenets from which the peace of fociety has been disturbed , and the rules of morality have been broken by men pretending to act under the fanction of a divine revelation . Nor does any part of his life ...
... nature ; or any of thofe wicked tenets from which the peace of fociety has been disturbed , and the rules of morality have been broken by men pretending to act under the fanction of a divine revelation . Nor does any part of his life ...
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... nature could fuffer . This St. Paul knew ; this he not only expected , but warned thofe he taught to look for it too , 1 Theff . iii . 4. 2 Cor . vi . 4 , 5. Eph . vi . 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16. Phil . i . 28 , 29 , 30 . Col. i ...
... nature could fuffer . This St. Paul knew ; this he not only expected , but warned thofe he taught to look for it too , 1 Theff . iii . 4. 2 Cor . vi . 4 , 5. Eph . vi . 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16. Phil . i . 28 , 29 , 30 . Col. i ...
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