The History of the Waldenses: Connected with a Sketch of the Christian Church from the Birth of Christ to the Eighteenth Century, Volume 1Gale and Fenner, 1816 - Albigenses |
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... mar- riage as a state of prostitution , the Lord's supper as a chimera , the resurrection of the flesh as a ridiculous fable , and the worship of images as detestable idolatry . Had all their tenets been equally rational.
... mar- riage as a state of prostitution , the Lord's supper as a chimera , the resurrection of the flesh as a ridiculous fable , and the worship of images as detestable idolatry . Had all their tenets been equally rational.
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... image of this detestable tyrant was set up as an object of ador- ation . An attempt was even made by some heathens who dwelt at Jamnia , a city of Judea , and who had an aversion Dion . Cassius , b . 58 . + Suetonius ' Life of Calig . c ...
... image of this detestable tyrant was set up as an object of ador- ation . An attempt was even made by some heathens who dwelt at Jamnia , a city of Judea , and who had an aversion Dion . Cassius , b . 58 . + Suetonius ' Life of Calig . c ...
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... images in Athens than in all Greece besides , and that they worshipped the gods more than all Greece did . No place could possibly afford a greater fund of speculation and amusement to a curious mind than this . Temples , altars ...
... images in Athens than in all Greece besides , and that they worshipped the gods more than all Greece did . No place could possibly afford a greater fund of speculation and amusement to a curious mind than this . Temples , altars ...
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... image that was said to have fallen down from Jupiter ; by means of which they amassed considerable riches . Perceiving that if Paul's doctrine were suffered to spread , their trade would be ruined , they convened a meeting of all that ...
... image that was said to have fallen down from Jupiter ; by means of which they amassed considerable riches . Perceiving that if Paul's doctrine were suffered to spread , their trade would be ruined , they convened a meeting of all that ...
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... image of liberty , and were pleased with considering themselves as the accountable ministers of the laws . " * Such a state of things as this , many would imagine could be little inferior to a millenium , as it respected Christians ...
... image of liberty , and were pleased with considering themselves as the accountable ministers of the laws . " * Such a state of things as this , many would imagine could be little inferior to a millenium , as it respected Christians ...
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Page 2 - Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low : and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together ; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 72 - ... and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth...
Page 99 - And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Page 64 - And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes ; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
Page 18 - And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
Page 274 - And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Page 121 - And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations : and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Page 206 - For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ, and no marvel ; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light ; therefore it is no great thing, if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness ; whose end shall be according to their works.
Page 5 - If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him : and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
Page 121 - And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars ; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth : for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.