Reflections on the Four Principal Religions which Have Obtained in the World: Paganism, Mohammedism, Judaism, and Christianity; Also on the Church of England, and Other Denominations of Protestants: and on Evangelical Religion, Volume 1Richardson, 1824 - Christianity and other religions |
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... things , ought to know , that he has never yet seen religion in its proper point of view , as the most important concern of man ; and that he is altogether destitute of that religious sin- cerity , which is absolutely necessary to ...
... things , ought to know , that he has never yet seen religion in its proper point of view , as the most important concern of man ; and that he is altogether destitute of that religious sin- cerity , which is absolutely necessary to ...
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... thing , or it is nothing . There are but two consistent characters of men in the world . The first is , that of those who attach such importance to religion , as to make it their meat and their drink , the very end of their lives , the ...
... thing , or it is nothing . There are but two consistent characters of men in the world . The first is , that of those who attach such importance to religion , as to make it their meat and their drink , the very end of their lives , the ...
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... things as of that magnitude , in which you are so soon to see and to feel them ? Does it become you to sleep and dream on , till you awake in eter- nity ? Why should you now consider the concerns of this world as the serious thing , and ...
... things as of that magnitude , in which you are so soon to see and to feel them ? Does it become you to sleep and dream on , till you awake in eter- nity ? Why should you now consider the concerns of this world as the serious thing , and ...
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... thing with them . The sports of the day , the amusements of the evening , entertainments and diversions occupy all their concern ; and so long as these can be supplied in succession , so long as they can go from one diversion to another ...
... thing with them . The sports of the day , the amusements of the evening , entertainments and diversions occupy all their concern ; and so long as these can be supplied in succession , so long as they can go from one diversion to another ...
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... things by mechanical force or by blind impulse ; but it must perform them , as a ra- tional principle of hope , purifying our natures , and raising us to resemble Him , of whose goodness it is an emanation . - Sceptical writers ...
... things by mechanical force or by blind impulse ; but it must perform them , as a ra- tional principle of hope , purifying our natures , and raising us to resemble Him , of whose goodness it is an emanation . - Sceptical writers ...
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Page 144 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Page 333 - I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house, testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 362 - And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Page 179 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 239 - Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth : for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak : and he will show you things to come. He shall glorify me : for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you.
Page 79 - Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death ; A land of darkness, as darkness itself; And of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as darkness.
Page 235 - I am Alpha and. Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Page 230 - I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth...
Page 254 - For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh : how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God...
Page 331 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.