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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... exemplary courage , laboured to pre- serve the Christian religion in its ancient purity , which the Church of Rome all this while has Preface to the First Edition . ix endeavoured to abolish viii Preface to the First Edition .
... exemplary courage , laboured to pre- serve the Christian religion in its ancient purity , which the Church of Rome all this while has Preface to the First Edition . ix endeavoured to abolish viii Preface to the First Edition .
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... religion . It is probable that , whatever were their names , they had formerly been of the sect of the Pharisees ; and that when they became professors of the Christian faith , they still retained something of that old + Acts xv . 1 ...
... religion . It is probable that , whatever were their names , they had formerly been of the sect of the Pharisees ; and that when they became professors of the Christian faith , they still retained something of that old + Acts xv . 1 ...
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... religion of Christ ; and when these men embraced the gospel , they had not discerned the difference so clearly as Paul did at his conversion -- they rather reconciled the gospel to their former ways of thinking , than became themselves ...
... religion of Christ ; and when these men embraced the gospel , they had not discerned the difference so clearly as Paul did at his conversion -- they rather reconciled the gospel to their former ways of thinking , than became themselves ...
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... religion , but his mother and grandmother were both Jew- From his earliest years , he had been instructed in the knowledge of the Old Testament writings - and , it would seem from an expression which Paul uses in one of his letters to ...
... religion , but his mother and grandmother were both Jew- From his earliest years , he had been instructed in the knowledge of the Old Testament writings - and , it would seem from an expression which Paul uses in one of his letters to ...
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... expedition . Finding a synagogue of the Jews , his first object was to dispute with them , and with the Gentiles proselyted to their religion ; and after that , with such of the idolatrous inhabitants as he met with in the market-
... expedition . Finding a synagogue of the Jews , his first object was to dispute with them , and with the Gentiles proselyted to their religion ; and after that , with such of the idolatrous inhabitants as he met with in the market-
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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.