The parent's gem; a guide to the evidences of Christianity1834 |
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... sufferings of their slaves , especially the captives taken in war , are the most dreadful . They consider their wives as an inferior order of creatures , and treat them and their children as mere slaves . A sensible eye witness says ...
... sufferings of their slaves , especially the captives taken in war , are the most dreadful . They consider their wives as an inferior order of creatures , and treat them and their children as mere slaves . A sensible eye witness says ...
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... sufferings at their execution were aggra- vated by insult and mockery , for some were dis- guised in the skins of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs ! Some were crucified , and others were wrapped in pitched shirts , and set on ...
... sufferings at their execution were aggra- vated by insult and mockery , for some were dis- guised in the skins of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs ! Some were crucified , and others were wrapped in pitched shirts , and set on ...
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... sufferings , that were successively contempo- raries , and bring us down as far as to the year of our Lord 254. St. John who was the beloved dis- ciple , and conversed most intimately with our Saviour , was appealed to as the living ...
... sufferings , that were successively contempo- raries , and bring us down as far as to the year of our Lord 254. St. John who was the beloved dis- ciple , and conversed most intimately with our Saviour , was appealed to as the living ...
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... sufferings and distress of the Jews were great , at the taking of Jerusalem . Father . Josephus says , " That all the miseries which all mankind had suffered from the begin- ning of the world , were not to be compared with those which ...
... sufferings and distress of the Jews were great , at the taking of Jerusalem . Father . Josephus says , " That all the miseries which all mankind had suffered from the begin- ning of the world , were not to be compared with those which ...
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... sufferings o the primitive martyrs , which he seems to regard as supernatural . Father . Read them for our mutual edification . Miriam . " I cannot omit that which appears to me a standing miracle in the first three cen- turies ; I mean ...
... sufferings o the primitive martyrs , which he seems to regard as supernatural . Father . Read them for our mutual edification . Miriam . " I cannot omit that which appears to me a standing miracle in the first three cen- turies ; I mean ...
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