The Works of William Paley ...: Comprising the Additional Volume of Sermons First Published in 1825, with a Memoir of His Life : Complete in Six Volumes, Volume 2Hilliard and Brown, 1830 - Sermons |
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... religion of their ancestors , the religion in which they had been brought up , the religion of the state and of the magistrate , the rites which they frequented , the pomp which they admired , was throughout a system of folly and ...
... religion of their ancestors , the religion in which they had been brought up , the religion of the state and of the magistrate , the rites which they frequented , the pomp which they admired , was throughout a system of folly and ...
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... religion entirely as an affair of state , as much under the tuition of the magistrate as any er part of the police . The religion of that age was not mere- ly allied to the state ; it was incorporated into it . Many of its offices were ...
... religion entirely as an affair of state , as much under the tuition of the magistrate as any er part of the police . The religion of that age was not mere- ly allied to the state ; it was incorporated into it . Many of its offices were ...
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... religion ' they subverted from its foundation ? from the philosopher , who , ' considering all religions as equally false , ' would of course rank theirs among the number , with the ad- dition of regarding them as busy and troublesome ...
... religion ' they subverted from its foundation ? from the philosopher , who , ' considering all religions as equally false , ' would of course rank theirs among the number , with the ad- dition of regarding them as busy and troublesome ...
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... religion are ; how pure , how benevolent , how disinterested , a conduct they enjoin ; and that this purity and benevolence are extended to the very thoughts and affections . We are not , perhaps , at liberty to take for granted that ...
... religion are ; how pure , how benevolent , how disinterested , a conduct they enjoin ; and that this purity and benevolence are extended to the very thoughts and affections . We are not , perhaps , at liberty to take for granted that ...
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... religion , after a short check , broke out again and spread ; 3dly , that it so spread , as that , within thirty - four years from the author's death , a very great number of Chris- tians ( ingens eorum multitudo ) were found at Rome ...
... religion , after a short check , broke out again and spread ; 3dly , that it so spread , as that , within thirty - four years from the author's death , a very great number of Chris- tians ( ingens eorum multitudo ) were found at Rome ...
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Page 200 - Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets; I am not come to destroy but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Page 213 - Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. Why askest thou me ? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.
Page 209 - And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see ; and that they which see might be made blind.
Page 31 - Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you : and ye shall be hated of all nations for ^my name's sake.
Page 287 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Page 206 - But he answered and said unto him that told him, " Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?" And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, "Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister and mother.
Page 47 - Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace ; and labour, working with our own hands...
Page 249 - Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified ; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
Page 63 - It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus...
Page 207 - How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?