Remarks on Ecclesiastical History. In Three Volumes |
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... writer , as a flash of lightning in a dark night . There is indeed between the human understanding and truth a natural and eternal alliance , which is sus- pended and disordered by ignorance , passion , bigotry , prejudice and ...
... writer , as a flash of lightning in a dark night . There is indeed between the human understanding and truth a natural and eternal alliance , which is sus- pended and disordered by ignorance , passion , bigotry , prejudice and ...
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... writer on ecclesiastical subjects , For this , and for other good reasons , authors should ' avoid , as much as they can , replies and rejoinders , the usual consequences of which are , loss of time , and loss of of temper . Happy is he ...
... writer on ecclesiastical subjects , For this , and for other good reasons , authors should ' avoid , as much as they can , replies and rejoinders , the usual consequences of which are , loss of time , and loss of of temper . Happy is he ...
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... writers , particularly by Whitby . To him I refer the reader , on Matth . xxiv . and shall here insert in the notes some † remarks on this part of the subject , * As the Jews did to Peter , when they said to him , Thou art a Ga- lilean ...
... writers , particularly by Whitby . To him I refer the reader , on Matth . xxiv . and shall here insert in the notes some † remarks on this part of the subject , * As the Jews did to Peter , when they said to him , Thou art a Ga- lilean ...
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... writer under a singular protection for reasons of no less importance . The historian was on all accounts a proper person to deliver these things to posterity , and one to whom the Pagans , the Jews , and the Christians could have no ...
... writer under a singular protection for reasons of no less importance . The historian was on all accounts a proper person to deliver these things to posterity , and one to whom the Pagans , the Jews , and the Christians could have no ...
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... writers have given of them . There are endless parti- cularities of this kind which might be produced . A man of very ordinary abilities , who relates various things of which he has been an ear and an eye - witness , is under no ...
... writers have given of them . There are endless parti- cularities of this kind which might be produced . A man of very ordinary abilities , who relates various things of which he has been an ear and an eye - witness , is under no ...
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Page 172 - Moses' seat : all therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do ; but do not ye after their works : for they say, and do not.
Page 124 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Page 253 - And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, And the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord , And the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Page 261 - And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven: But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 126 - That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Page 136 - I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth. and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
Page 312 - Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
Page 253 - Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see : the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Page 122 - Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered: and I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation ; and they shall be there a base kingdom. It shall be the basest of the kingdoms ; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.
Page 142 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.