Elements of Popular Theology: With Special Reference to the Doctrines of the Reformation, as Avowed Before the Diet at Augsburg, in MDXXX |
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... its discussions should partake rather of the popular than learned character , being designed for laymen as well as the clergy . How far the author has succeeded in meeting the wishes of that respected judicatory of the church.
... its discussions should partake rather of the popular than learned character , being designed for laymen as well as the clergy . How far the author has succeeded in meeting the wishes of that respected judicatory of the church.
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... CHARACTER OF THE MEN who pub- lished it to them . And who were they ? Who ought they to be ? Not kings of the earth , or other great men in power ; lest their new religion might be suspected of being an engine 3 Chap . II . ] 17 ...
... CHARACTER OF THE MEN who pub- lished it to them . And who were they ? Who ought they to be ? Not kings of the earth , or other great men in power ; lest their new religion might be suspected of being an engine 3 Chap . II . ] 17 ...
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... character were the first preachers of the gospel . They were not indeed " ignorant " men , as the English version of Acts 4 : 131 erroneously asserts , but common people , not professional men - persons engaged in private life . In ...
... character were the first preachers of the gospel . They were not indeed " ignorant " men , as the English version of Acts 4 : 131 erroneously asserts , but common people , not professional men - persons engaged in private life . In ...
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... character . He came indeed to publish a religion , but they knew it was a religion of self - denial ; it com- manded men to bridle their passions , to cultivate the nobler powers of the soul , to love and practice virtue . He came also ...
... character . He came indeed to publish a religion , but they knew it was a religion of self - denial ; it com- manded men to bridle their passions , to cultivate the nobler powers of the soul , to love and practice virtue . He came also ...
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... character of the first teachers of Christianity was , therefore , in itself calculated to arrest the attention of the pri- mitive hearer and prepossess him in favor of their communica- tions . But this interest was soon heightened , and ...
... character of the first teachers of Christianity was , therefore , in itself calculated to arrest the attention of the pri- mitive hearer and prepossess him in favor of their communica- tions . But this interest was soon heightened , and ...
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Page 347 - Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Page 211 - And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also...
Page 235 - He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
Page 24 - So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
Page 309 - Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming in which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth, they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation
Page 206 - For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
Page 56 - Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth ; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Page 51 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God, for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man. "But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Page 58 - And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
Page 90 - See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; in that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply : and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.