An Epitome of General Ecclesiastical History: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. With an Appendix, Giving a Condensed History of the Jews from the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Present Day. Illustrated with Maps and Engravings |
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Page 14
... light ; leaving it however diffused throughout the whole . He then constituted the firmament or atmosphere , which should give air for breath , and sustain the clouds . He next broke the earth's surface into mountains and valleys ...
... light ; leaving it however diffused throughout the whole . He then constituted the firmament or atmosphere , which should give air for breath , and sustain the clouds . He next broke the earth's surface into mountains and valleys ...
Page 17
... light and hope of a ruined world . To lead mankind to rest upon it , sacrifices were immediately insti- tuted . Over the blood of beasts , they were to be brought to feel their sinfulness ; that there was no access to the Father without ...
... light and hope of a ruined world . To lead mankind to rest upon it , sacrifices were immediately insti- tuted . Over the blood of beasts , they were to be brought to feel their sinfulness ; that there was no access to the Father without ...
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... light , a token of the covenant ; and gave them every moving thing to be meat for them , prohibiting however the eating of blood , because he had appointed the blood to be an atonement for sin . As mankind had no right to eat flesh ...
... light , a token of the covenant ; and gave them every moving thing to be meat for them , prohibiting however the eating of blood , because he had appointed the blood to be an atonement for sin . As mankind had no right to eat flesh ...
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... light of philosophy had , in some measure , opened the eyes of men in civilized Europe to the fooleries of idolatry , when Christ appeared ; but it was three centuries before Chris- tianity obtained a triumph over the gods of Rome . But ...
... light of philosophy had , in some measure , opened the eyes of men in civilized Europe to the fooleries of idolatry , when Christ appeared ; but it was three centuries before Chris- tianity obtained a triumph over the gods of Rome . But ...
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... light in the world . His book conveyed truths to mankind which unassisted reason had never learned , and powerfully refuted the erroneous views which were fast spreading in the earth , of the moral government of God . When it was ...
... light in the world . His book conveyed truths to mankind which unassisted reason had never learned , and powerfully refuted the erroneous views which were fast spreading in the earth , of the moral government of God . When it was ...
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