| Henry Mann - United States - 1896 - 350 pages
...school law of 1649 set forth in the preamble that, "it being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these later times persuading men from the use of tongues, so that at the least... | |
| Boston Latin School (Mass.) - Education - 1820 - 378 pages
...the following curious preamble to the first law of the Commonwealth establishing grammar schools : " It being one chief project of Satan to keep men from...former times keeping them in unknown tongues, so in these latter times by persuading from the use of tongues, that so at last the true source and meaning... | |
| James Gordon Carter - Education - 1824 - 150 pages
...must have been no inconsiderable one, they assign the following truly catholick and pious reason : " It being one chief project of Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the scripture, as in former times keeping them in unknown tongues, so in these * This phrase is used to... | |
| Education - 1826 - 788 pages
...must have been no inconsiderable one, they assign the following truly catholic and pious reason: ' It being one chief project of Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the scripture, as in former times keeping them in unknown tongues, so in these latter times, by persuading... | |
| Education - 1826 - 782 pages
...been no inconsiderable one, they assign the following truly catholic and pious reason: . ' It heing one chief project of Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the scripture, as in former times keeping them in unknown tongues, so in these latter times, by persuading... | |
| Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 546 pages
...declaring, in the quaint language of the day, that " It being one chief object of that old deceiver Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of the scriptures, as in former times keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times, by persuading them from the use of tongues, so that at... | |
| Theology - 1829 - 742 pages
...declaring, in the quaint language of the. day, that " It being one chief object of that old deceiver Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of the scriptures, as in former times keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times, by persuading them from the use of tongues, so that at... | |
| New Hampshire Historical Society - 1832 - 744 pages
...laying the foundations of many generations : "It being one chiefe project of that old deluder, Sathan, to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times, keeping them in an unknowne tongue, so in these latter times, by perswading them from the use of tongues, so that at... | |
| Andrew Reed - Congregational churches - 1835 - 552 pages
...which youth might be fitted for the University, in the quaint language of the preamble to the Act—' It being one chief project of Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, and to the end, that knowledge might not be buried in the graves of our forefathers, in church and... | |
| Andrew Reed, James Matheson - Church buildings - 1835 - 380 pages
...which youth might be fitted for the University, in the quaint language of the preamble to the Act—' It being one chief project of Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, and to the end, that knowledge might not be buried in the graves of our forefathers, in church and... | |
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