A Plea for Religion and the Sacred Writings: Addressed to the Disciples of Thomas Paine, and Wavering Christians of Every DenominationSolomon Wiatt, 1809 - 393 páginas |
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... excellent contrast with the Sacred Writings . The more we search into the very ancient records of Rome or of Greece , the greater darkness and uncertainty ensue . None of them can stand the test of close examination . Upon a minute ...
... excellent contrast with the Sacred Writings . The more we search into the very ancient records of Rome or of Greece , the greater darkness and uncertainty ensue . None of them can stand the test of close examination . Upon a minute ...
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... excellent and most pernicious qualities . Let the reader repre- sent to himself a man of genius so lovely , and an understanding so extensive , as rendered him scarce ignorant of any thing that could be known ; of so vast and ready a ...
... excellent and most pernicious qualities . Let the reader repre- sent to himself a man of genius so lovely , and an understanding so extensive , as rendered him scarce ignorant of any thing that could be known ; of so vast and ready a ...
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... excellent woman , my mother , that bent and bias to reli- gion , which with the co - operating grace of God , hath at length brought me back to those paths of peace from whence I might have otherwise been in danger of deviating forever ...
... excellent woman , my mother , that bent and bias to reli- gion , which with the co - operating grace of God , hath at length brought me back to those paths of peace from whence I might have otherwise been in danger of deviating forever ...
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... excellent religion of my ever - bless- ed Redeemer , through whose merits alone , I , one of the greatest of sinners , do yet hope for mercy and for- giveness . Amen . ” ( 3 ) ( 3 ) The case of Duncomb Colchester was somewhat like this ...
... excellent religion of my ever - bless- ed Redeemer , through whose merits alone , I , one of the greatest of sinners , do yet hope for mercy and for- giveness . Amen . ” ( 3 ) ( 3 ) The case of Duncomb Colchester was somewhat like this ...
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... excellent morality . Besides , they are pro- posed with a more noble and artless simplicity , than any writings of the kind , among ancient or modern authors . " Brandt , the companion of Struensee in guilt and misfortunes , with great ...
... excellent morality . Besides , they are pro- posed with a more noble and artless simplicity , than any writings of the kind , among ancient or modern authors . " Brandt , the companion of Struensee in guilt and misfortunes , with great ...
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Página xv - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Página 151 - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Página 198 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherits, shall dissolve ; And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind ! we are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.
Página 330 - But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Página 263 - To die, to sleep : To sleep : perchance to dream : ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause...
Página 272 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill...
Página 225 - JESUS shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run ; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
Página 295 - But though we, or an Angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
Página 317 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found Among the faithless, faithful only he ; Among innumerable false, unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number, nor example, with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Página 270 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.