An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, Volume 5T. Cadell, 1826 - Church history |
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... express the glory that has accrued to their order from the remarkable success and the abundant fruits of this famous mission , as also the dreadful suf- ferings and hardships which their missionaries sustained in the course of their ...
... express the glory that has accrued to their order from the remarkable success and the abundant fruits of this famous mission , as also the dreadful suf- ferings and hardships which their missionaries sustained in the course of their ...
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... express the same thing in other words ) that they imagine the Chinese entertain the same notions concerning their Tien , or Heaven , that the Christians do concerning the God whom they adore . The question then relative to this point is ...
... express the same thing in other words ) that they imagine the Chinese entertain the same notions concerning their Tien , or Heaven , that the Christians do concerning the God whom they adore . The question then relative to this point is ...
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... express myself , by the agonies they endured , and the fortitude with which they suffered , the faults , they had committed in the exer- cise of their ministry . For it is well known , that the greatest part of them died magnanimously ...
... express myself , by the agonies they endured , and the fortitude with which they suffered , the faults , they had committed in the exer- cise of their ministry . For it is well known , that the greatest part of them died magnanimously ...
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... express the truths of religion . They all hold , that there is a sort of divine energy , or soul , diffused through the frame of the universe , which some call Archæus , others the Universal Spirit , and which others mention under ...
... express the truths of religion . They all hold , that there is a sort of divine energy , or soul , diffused through the frame of the universe , which some call Archæus , others the Universal Spirit , and which others mention under ...
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... express the same thing in other words , he struck out that judicious method , which , by an attention to facts , to the changes and motions of the natural world , leads by degrees to general principles , and lays a solid foundation for ...
... express the same thing in other words , he struck out that judicious method , which , by an attention to facts , to the changes and motions of the natural world , leads by degrees to general principles , and lays a solid foundation for ...
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Page 53 - ... me that I took my petition as granted, and that I had the sign I demanded, whereupon also I resolved to print my book. This, how strange soever it may seem, I protest before the eternal God is true, neither am I any way superstitiously deceived herein, since I did not only clearly hear the noise, but in the serenest sky that ever I saw, being without all cloud, did to my thinking see the place from whence it came.
Page 352 - Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws...
Page 53 - O thou eternal God, author of the light which now shines upon me, and giver of all inward illuminations, I do beseech thee, of thy infinite goodness, to pardon a greater request than a sinner ought to make ; I am not satisfied enough whether...
Page 49 - Some Passages of the Life and Death of John Earl of Rochester ;" which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety.
Page 345 - As to what appertains to soundness of judgment in matters of faith, we esteem it sufficient that a church acknowledge the scriptures to be the word of God, the perfect and only rule of faith and practice, and own either the doctrinal part of those commonly called the articles of the church of England, or the confession or catechisms, shorter or larger compiled by the assembly at Westminster, or the confession agreed on at the Savoy, to be agreeable to the said rule.
Page 433 - ... in one visible universal church, or kingdom, before the dissolution of this earthly globe. This prediction she delivered with a peculiar degree of confidence, from a notion that her Philadelphian Society was the true kingdom of Christ, in which alone the divine Spirit resided and reigned.
Page 209 - Eucharist, and the real conversion of the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ...
Page 53 - If it be for thy glory, I beseech thee give me some sign from heaven; if not, I shall suppress it.
Page 376 - That Jesus Christ, by his death and sufferings, made an atonement for the sins of all mankind in general, and of every individual in particular ; that, however, none but those who believe in him can be partakers of their divine benefit.
Page 61 - Haye ; augmentée de beaucoup de particularités tirées d'une vie manuscrite de ce philosophe , faite par un de ses amis.