The Old Whig ; Or, The Consistent Protestant, Volume 2W. Wilkins, A. Ward, R. Hett, A. Millar, and J. Gray, 1679 - Church and state |
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... fure and infallible preven- tion of infidelity and herefy , and that va- riety of ftrange and unwarranted opinions , which derogate from the authority of the church , and deftroy the unity of its faith and order . If we admit of , and ...
... fure and infallible preven- tion of infidelity and herefy , and that va- riety of ftrange and unwarranted opinions , which derogate from the authority of the church , and deftroy the unity of its faith and order . If we admit of , and ...
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... fure every honest man and every friend to true religion is against them ; how little foever they may be apprehenfive of their numbers and force . Thefe are the men whose principles ( if ignorance and covetoufness may be fo called ) muft ...
... fure every honest man and every friend to true religion is against them ; how little foever they may be apprehenfive of their numbers and force . Thefe are the men whose principles ( if ignorance and covetoufness may be fo called ) muft ...
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... fure to blacken the character of every good man that was likely to be ad- vanced by his prince , and commend those who acted more confiftently with their views . Such men would proftitute the most facred myfteries of their religion to ...
... fure to blacken the character of every good man that was likely to be ad- vanced by his prince , and commend those who acted more confiftently with their views . Such men would proftitute the most facred myfteries of their religion to ...
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... fure I cannot , and believe no other creature can . And , because no creature can poffibly conceive " how it should be fo , I therefore believe " it really to be fo . " . -An ordinary man , after having represented any thing as fo very ...
... fure I cannot , and believe no other creature can . And , because no creature can poffibly conceive " how it should be fo , I therefore believe " it really to be fo . " . -An ordinary man , after having represented any thing as fo very ...
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... fure to be . in the right ; and , which is more than we can always promise our patients , we are fure to live by it too . BUT what would be ftill of more emi- nent service is , there would be no room left every little pretender to be ...
... fure to be . in the right ; and , which is more than we can always promise our patients , we are fure to live by it too . BUT what would be ftill of more emi- nent service is , there would be no room left every little pretender to be ...
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Page 341 - OUR Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power to his Church to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him, of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences : And by his authority committed to me, I absolve thee from all thy sins, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Page 128 - THE body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life ! Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee ; and feed on him in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving.
Page 157 - Rome? Or would'st thou know if, what we value here, Life, be a trifle hardly worth our care? What by old age and length of days we gain, More than to lengthen out the sense of pain?
Page 283 - And Abraham drew near and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked; and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Page 363 - As the Church of Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch have erred, so also the Church of Rome hath erred, not only in their living and manner of ceremonies, but also in matters of faith.
Page 53 - ... even as the Son of man came not to be miniftered unto, but to minifter, and to give his life a ranfom for many.
Page 240 - And with this overset of wealth and pomp, that came on men in the decline of their parts and age, they, who were now growing into old age, became lazy and negligent in all the true concerns of the church ; they left preaching and writing to others, while they gave themselves up to ease and sloth.
Page 48 - Amram's fon, in Egypt's evil day, Wav'd round the coaft, up call'da pitchy cloud Of locufts, warping on the eaftern wind, That o'er the realm of impious Pharaoh hung Like night, and darken'd all the land of Nile: So numberlefs were thofe bad Angels feen Hovering on wing under the cope of Hell 'Twixt upper, nether, and furrounding fires; Till, as a fignal giv'n, th...
Page 157 - tis plain, 'tis all already told ; And horned Ammon can no more unfold. From God...
Page 282 - Power, when contracted into the person of a despot, may be easily destroyed, as the prince may be cut off. So Caligula wished that the people of Rome had but one neck, that he might cut them off at a blow.