A Plea for Religion and the Sacred Writings: Addressed to the Disciples of Thomas Paine, and Wavering Christians of Every Persuasion. With an Appendix, Containing the Author's Determination to Have Relinquished His Charge in the Established Church, and the Reasons on which that Determination was FoundedThomas Tegg, 1832 - 423 pages |
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Page vii
... never had been an Old Testament , never a New one , mankind would have been at least as corrupt and miserable as they are at present . What harm , then , have the Old and the New Testament done to you , that you perpetually challenge ...
... never had been an Old Testament , never a New one , mankind would have been at least as corrupt and miserable as they are at present . What harm , then , have the Old and the New Testament done to you , that you perpetually challenge ...
Page xi
... never- to - be - forgotten Sir Matthew Hale presided ; whose faith in Christianity is an exalted commentary upon its truth and rea- son , and whose life was a glorious example of its fruits in man , administering human justice with a ...
... never- to - be - forgotten Sir Matthew Hale presided ; whose faith in Christianity is an exalted commentary upon its truth and rea- son , and whose life was a glorious example of its fruits in man , administering human justice with a ...
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... never been disappointed . If they have lived up , in any good degree , to their religious pro- fession , they have always been favoured with peace of mind , and strong consolation in life ; firm confidence in Christ , usually at the ...
... never been disappointed . If they have lived up , in any good degree , to their religious pro- fession , they have always been favoured with peace of mind , and strong consolation in life ; firm confidence in Christ , usually at the ...
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... never prepared for bed , or went abroad in a morning , till he had withdrawn an hour to his closet . " We might mention a considerable number of similar instances . John Lord Harrington , who died A.D. 1613 , at the age of 22 years ...
... never prepared for bed , or went abroad in a morning , till he had withdrawn an hour to his closet . " We might mention a considerable number of similar instances . John Lord Harrington , who died A.D. 1613 , at the age of 22 years ...
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... never bear any discourse of death , and seemed to cast off all thought of it . * He lived to be upwards of ninety . His last sensible words were , when he found he could live no longer , " I shall be glad then to find a hole to creep ...
... never bear any discourse of death , and seemed to cast off all thought of it . * He lived to be upwards of ninety . His last sensible words were , when he found he could live no longer , " I shall be glad then to find a hole to creep ...
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