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in connexion with any system of government that ever existed ; yet a gleam or two
of light may be seen shining among the clouds of social evil with which it
darkened the world . Nicholas the first , in the ninth century , employed his
influence ...
in connexion with any system of government that ever existed ; yet a gleam or two
of light may be seen shining among the clouds of social evil with which it
darkened the world . Nicholas the first , in the ninth century , employed his
influence ...
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... who does not render evil to his enemies , but rather prays for them ; who does
not excite strife , but on the contrary promotes peace . For these things Christ hath
commanded in the gospel , saying , • Thou shalt do no murder , ' etc. , Matt . xix .
... who does not render evil to his enemies , but rather prays for them ; who does
not excite strife , but on the contrary promotes peace . For these things Christ hath
commanded in the gospel , saying , • Thou shalt do no murder , ' etc. , Matt . xix .
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Nor , when attempting to estimate the social good and evil thus produced , should
we forget to think of the far larger amount of good , with no attend• Translation
from Quarterly Rev. No. 148 , p . 324 . ant evil , which might have been produced
...
Nor , when attempting to estimate the social good and evil thus produced , should
we forget to think of the far larger amount of good , with no attend• Translation
from Quarterly Rev. No. 148 , p . 324 . ant evil , which might have been produced
...
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... though limited , to the exemplification of the active virtues . With regard to some
of the beneficial , as well as some of the evil effects of the monastic institute , it is
to be observed that they arose from innovations made upon the original system ...
... though limited , to the exemplification of the active virtues . With regard to some
of the beneficial , as well as some of the evil effects of the monastic institute , it is
to be observed that they arose from innovations made upon the original system ...
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Without touching upon the great problem of the ultimate cause of moral evil in the
universe of God — which is a question not to be fathomed by the limited intellect
of man - it may be observed , that the state of things which obtained in Europe ...
Without touching upon the great problem of the ultimate cause of moral evil in the
universe of God — which is a question not to be fathomed by the limited intellect
of man - it may be observed , that the state of things which obtained in Europe ...
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Página 64 - Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Página 95 - How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Página 161 - By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Página 41 - Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
Página 22 - ... the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost:" joy, that is to say, in the holy, healthful, and helpful Spirit.
Página 63 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me ? saith the LORD : I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
Página 10 - ... with frequent funerals : Houses and holy temples float in blood, And hostile nations make a common flood. Not only Trojans fall, but, in their turn, The vanquish'd triumph, and the victors mourn.
Página 64 - Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with it; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth : they are a trouble unto me ; I am weary to bear them.
Página 179 - Stsegthmans ; and they went to her, and inquired what she had to say about the lands which her son claimed. She said that she had no land which belonged to him, and fell into a noble passion against her son, and calling for Leofleda her kinswoman, the wife of Thurkil, thus spake to her before them : — ' This is Leofleda, my kinswoman, to whom I give my lands, money, clothes, and whatever I possess after my life.
Página 182 - Will you sell your things here as you bought them there?" " I will not, because what would my labour benefit me? I will sell them here dearer than I bought them there, that I may get some profit, to feed me, my wife, and children."40 That public markets were established in various parts of England in this period, we learn from many documents.