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... respecting God and purselves , as superior to the controul of human authority . " It is with some reluctance that I make ... respect their conclusions , however different from my own . It is their own reason , not mine , nor that of any ...
... respecting God and purselves , as superior to the controul of human authority . " It is with some reluctance that I make ... respect their conclusions , however different from my own . It is their own reason , not mine , nor that of any ...
Page ix
... respecting its conduct in this . These I take to be the fundamental points in all sound religion , and I regard them as you do in whatever sect I meet with them . As to Jesus of Nazareth , my opinion of whom you particularly desire , I ...
... respecting its conduct in this . These I take to be the fundamental points in all sound religion , and I regard them as you do in whatever sect I meet with them . As to Jesus of Nazareth , my opinion of whom you particularly desire , I ...
Page xiii
... respecting religion , in answer to a correspondent of the Limerick Chronicle . " For nearly forty years , " he says , " I have studied the religious systems of the world , with the most sincere desire to discover one that was devoid of ...
... respecting religion , in answer to a correspondent of the Limerick Chronicle . " For nearly forty years , " he says , " I have studied the religious systems of the world , with the most sincere desire to discover one that was devoid of ...
Page xiv
... respect . The simple principles of moral virtue have no charms for them . Their religion must be involved in clouds and darkness , to make it difficult to be understood , in order to enhance the merit of believing it . Such a scheme ...
... respect . The simple principles of moral virtue have no charms for them . Their religion must be involved in clouds and darkness , to make it difficult to be understood , in order to enhance the merit of believing it . Such a scheme ...
Page xv
... respect yourself first ; that is , first pay the duty which is due to yourself , to your honour and to your conscience ; nor let any foreign regard make you deviate from this faith . " " Presume not to sleep till you have thrice ran ...
... respect yourself first ; that is , first pay the duty which is due to yourself , to your honour and to your conscience ; nor let any foreign regard make you deviate from this faith . " " Presume not to sleep till you have thrice ran ...
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Page 171 - And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Page 236 - In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me. But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.
Page 169 - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Page 171 - And the name of the third river is Hiddekel : that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
Page 236 - Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels ? But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be...
Page 258 - Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge — There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard — Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world In them hath he set a chamber for the Sun.
Page 92 - And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land ; neither had the children of Israel manna any more ; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
Page 222 - But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying : — " Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife : for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
Page 135 - And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.
Page 225 - Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, "Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.