The Works of the Late Right Honourable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke, Volume 7J. Johnson, 1809 - Great Britain |
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... common ; the rich sold their possessions , and laid the whole price at the feet of the apostles . I say the whole price , and I add , that it was strictly exacted , as we may assure ourselves from the example of Ana- nias and his wife ...
... common ; the rich sold their possessions , and laid the whole price at the feet of the apostles . I say the whole price , and I add , that it was strictly exacted , as we may assure ourselves from the example of Ana- nias and his wife ...
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... christianity , were to attach the subjects of the empire more firmly to himself and his successors , and the seve- ral nations that composed it , to one another , by the the bonds of a religion common to all of them 16 ESSAY THE FOURTH :
... christianity , were to attach the subjects of the empire more firmly to himself and his successors , and the seve- ral nations that composed it , to one another , by the the bonds of a religion common to all of them 16 ESSAY THE FOURTH :
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Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount). the bonds of a religion common to all of them ; to soften the ferocity of the armies ; to reform the licentiousness of the provinces ; and , by in- fusing a spirit of moderation and submission to ...
Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount). the bonds of a religion common to all of them ; to soften the ferocity of the armies ; to reform the licentiousness of the provinces ; and , by in- fusing a spirit of moderation and submission to ...
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... common burden of taxes , and in many other cases . But the successors of Constantine , laying aside even the title of sovereign pontiffs in little more than half a century , if Gratian did lay it aside ; and neither Constantine nor they ...
... common burden of taxes , and in many other cases . But the successors of Constantine , laying aside even the title of sovereign pontiffs in little more than half a century , if Gratian did lay it aside ; and neither Constantine nor they ...
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... common with other subjects , and more of the smiles and favours of the court . The conduct of Constantine , on this great occasion , must needs appear extremely absurd to every one who considers the consequences it had . But we may ...
... common with other subjects , and more of the smiles and favours of the court . The conduct of Constantine , on this great occasion , must needs appear extremely absurd to every one who considers the consequences it had . But we may ...
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Page 312 - In effect, it is something imperfect that cannot exist, an idea wherein some parts of several different and inconsistent ideas are put together.
Page 159 - And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Page 163 - AND he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
Page 256 - Father, the procession of the Holy Ghost from the Father and the Son...
Page 497 - And every daughter that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.
Page 510 - The gospel is in all cases one continued lesson of the strictest morality, of justice, of benevolence, and of universal charity.
Page 331 - ... another, and the same consequent fitness or unfitness of the application of different things or different relations one to another, with regard to which, the will of God always and necessarily does determine itself, to choose to act only what is agreeable to justice, equity, goodness and truth...
Page 64 - ... the doctrine of the immortality of the soul, and of a future state of rewards and punishments...
Page 310 - Sed justifias primum munus est, ut ne cui quis noceat, nisi lacessitus injuria; deinde, ut communibus utatur pro communibus, privatis ut suis.
Page 401 - ... laws, but a general, and in some sort an habitual, knowledge of the manner in which God is pleased to exercise his supreme power in this system, beyond which we have no concern. We do not see the divine painter, if I may employ so low a comparison on so high a subject; but we grow...