Sermons to Asses, to Doctors in Divinity, to Lords Spiritual and to Ministers of State: With an Engraved Portrait of the Author and an Original Sketch of His Life |
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... civil and religious liberty , either in private conversation , or from ' the pulpit , he was grave and stern as Diogenes him- self . It was one of his maxims , " that no man could be a real Christian , who was not a warm and zealous ...
... civil and religious liberty , either in private conversation , or from ' the pulpit , he was grave and stern as Diogenes him- self . It was one of his maxims , " that no man could be a real Christian , who was not a warm and zealous ...
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... civil and religious . He From this time to the death of our author , though nothing could subdue his spirit , he had ever to con- tend with a disease , under which he had long laboured . It paralyzed his bodily activity , and , after a ...
... civil and religious . He From this time to the death of our author , though nothing could subdue his spirit , he had ever to con- tend with a disease , under which he had long laboured . It paralyzed his bodily activity , and , after a ...
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... civil and religious liberty . In these he has successfully exposed and ridiculed its enemies with sarcastic irony , and the closest reasoning . They were very scarce , and are now for the first time collected and printed together . He ...
... civil and religious liberty . In these he has successfully exposed and ridiculed its enemies with sarcastic irony , and the closest reasoning . They were very scarce , and are now for the first time collected and printed together . He ...
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... civil and religious slavery . Strange ! that such a number of rational creatures should so tamely bear such two insupportable burdens . I had almost for- got that they were asses : no people of any spirit could endure such grievous ...
... civil and religious slavery . Strange ! that such a number of rational creatures should so tamely bear such two insupportable burdens . I had almost for- got that they were asses : no people of any spirit could endure such grievous ...
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... civil and religious oppression . The far greatest part of the inhabitants of Britain were loaden , and pressed down with these two heavy burdens . It is amazing to think how creatures of the same frame and constitution , endowed with ...
... civil and religious oppression . The far greatest part of the inhabitants of Britain were loaden , and pressed down with these two heavy burdens . It is amazing to think how creatures of the same frame and constitution , endowed with ...
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Page 21 - For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee : 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
Page 47 - Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then ? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Page 22 - But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: and whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all. For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Page 44 - His watchmen are blind : they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark ; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand : they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
Page 39 - When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind...
Page 52 - Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth ? saith the Lord.
Page 45 - And Haman said unto King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws, therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
Page 47 - For the man whom the king delighteth to honour, let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head : and let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour...
Page 3 - Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth : for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak : and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me ; for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
Page 8 - Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight; that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.