Vindiciae Christianae: a Comparative Estimate of the Genius and Temper of the Greek, the Roman, the Hindu, the Mahometan, and the Christian Religions |
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Page 345 - shall there be among you that shall have one sheep, " and if it fall into a pit, on the sabbath day, will he " not lay hold of it and lift it out? How much then is " a man better than a sheep ? Wherefore it is lawful to
Page 348 - these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of " the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast " into the oven, shall he not much rather clothe " you, O ye of little faith*?
Page 141 - and began to wash his feet with her tears, and did " wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed " his feet, and anointed them with ointment.
Page 300 - false witness, thou shalt not covet, and, if there be " any other commandment, it is briefly compre" hended in this saying, namely, thou shalt love thy " neighbour as thyself*.
Page 141 - and he spake within himself, saying, " this man, if he were a prophet, would have known " who and what manner of woman this is that " toucheth him, for she is a sinner.
Page 184 - danger of the judgment. Therefore, if thou bring " thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy " brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy
Page 299 - when thou doest thine alms, let not thy right " hand know what thy left hand doeth, that thine " alms may be in secret; and thy father which seeth
Page 141 - accusers ? Hath no man condemned thee ? She said, " no man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, neither " do I condemn thee. Go, and sin no more *.
Page 248 - his own hands the thing which is good, that he " may have to give to him that needeth. Let all " bitterness, and wrath, and anger,
Page 50 - God ! There is no God but he, the living, the " self-subsisting. Neither slumber nor sleep seizeth '-" him. To him belongeth whatsoever is in heaven " and on earth. He knoweth that which is past, and " that which is to come. His throne is extended over