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... means persuade myself to think so highly of the religious sentiments of Cicero , and of their having been the real principles of his con- duct , as Dr. Middleton does . He gives him every thing that is most essential in christianity ...
... means persuade myself to think so highly of the religious sentiments of Cicero , and of their having been the real principles of his con- duct , as Dr. Middleton does . He gives him every thing that is most essential in christianity ...
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... means nothing of his doctrines transpired till a little before the time of Plato , which was something more than a century after the establishment of the sect , when several phi- losophers in Greece having acquired much reputa- tion by ...
... means nothing of his doctrines transpired till a little before the time of Plato , which was something more than a century after the establishment of the sect , when several phi- losophers in Greece having acquired much reputa- tion by ...
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... means agreea- ble to truth , so that it is probable that at this time the Pythagoreans had wholly abandoned all belief in a future state , " Music , " he " he says , " and the " directrix of it philosophy , are adapted by God , " and ...
... means agreea- ble to truth , so that it is probable that at this time the Pythagoreans had wholly abandoned all belief in a future state , " Music , " he " he says , " and the " directrix of it philosophy , are adapted by God , " and ...
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... means a considerable number of young men , espe- cially those of the best families , of much consider- tion and wealth , in the city of Athens , were strong- ly attached to him ; and yet , that though he was poor poor , and many of them ...
... means a considerable number of young men , espe- cially those of the best families , of much consider- tion and wealth , in the city of Athens , were strong- ly attached to him ; and yet , that though he was poor poor , and many of them ...
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... means they could pry into futurity , and find out what their gods signified by certain signs , as the flight of birds , the form of the livers of the ani- mals they sacrificed , and many other things , which are generally considered as ...
... means they could pry into futurity , and find out what their gods signified by certain signs , as the flight of birds , the form of the livers of the ani- mals they sacrificed , and many other things , which are generally considered as ...
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Page 183 - Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Page 78 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming, in which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth-; they that have done good to the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil to the resurrection of damnation,"
Page 70 - Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God ? Be not deceived : neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Page 182 - I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Page 94 - When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all his holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: and before him shall be gathered all nations; and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats.
Page 103 - Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
Page 78 - Wonder not at this; for the hour cometh, wherein all that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God. 29 And they that have done good things, shall come forth unto the resurrection of life; but they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.
Page 183 - LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
Page 96 - And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Page 183 - PSALM 139 0 LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways.