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... Deity and us , prevailed among the first men ; these are the demons and genii feigned by antiquity ; man has always made the gods in his own likeness . As princes were seen to fignify their orders by messengers , the Deity of course ...
... Deity and us , prevailed among the first men ; these are the demons and genii feigned by antiquity ; man has always made the gods in his own likeness . As princes were seen to fignify their orders by messengers , the Deity of course ...
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... Deity , into the heart of a beautiful girl , adorned with fillets and ribbons ; or to pick the bones of an ugly fellow , whom we have killed in our own defence ? Yet we have more instances of sacrificing girls and boys , than of eating ...
... Deity , into the heart of a beautiful girl , adorned with fillets and ribbons ; or to pick the bones of an ugly fellow , whom we have killed in our own defence ? Yet we have more instances of sacrificing girls and boys , than of eating ...
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... a vessel of water , being found at his house , was made use of to charge him with sorcery , and the toad was said to be the only deity he worshipped . Seve- ral passages of his books were wrested to an impious C3 ral ATHEIST , ATHEISM . 21.
... a vessel of water , being found at his house , was made use of to charge him with sorcery , and the toad was said to be the only deity he worshipped . Seve- ral passages of his books were wrested to an impious C3 ral ATHEIST , ATHEISM . 21.
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... Deity could not concern itself about human affairs , and , in reality , they did not allow of any Deity ; they were persuaded that the soul is not a substance , but a faculty born and perish- ing with the body ; consequently their only ...
... Deity could not concern itself about human affairs , and , in reality , they did not allow of any Deity ; they were persuaded that the soul is not a substance , but a faculty born and perish- ing with the body ; consequently their only ...
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... deity be more criminal than the having unworthy opinions of him ? and herein he is of Plutarch's mind , thinking a disbelief preferable to an ill opinion . But , with sub- mission to Plutarch , nothing can be more evi- dent than that it ...
... deity be more criminal than the having unworthy opinions of him ? and herein he is of Plutarch's mind , thinking a disbelief preferable to an ill opinion . But , with sub- mission to Plutarch , nothing can be more evi- dent than that it ...
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Page 181 - The condition of Man after the fall of Adam is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God. Wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 8 - For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment...
Page 97 - Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Page 308 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 12 - ... thus saith the Lord God ; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
Page 272 - And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, that Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying, Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
Page 96 - For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law : but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
Page 155 - But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.
Page 155 - Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love ; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine.
Page 113 - We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of all things, visible and invisible: And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, begotten of the Father...