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... held such notions as these , though many Christians have been accused of it by their zealous adversaries : but intemperate zeal is blind , and calumny leads it about by the hand , being appointed its constant guide and inseparable com ...
... held such notions as these , though many Christians have been accused of it by their zealous adversaries : but intemperate zeal is blind , and calumny leads it about by the hand , being appointed its constant guide and inseparable com ...
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... held con- cerning this subject . If he had been able to read the Greek fathers , say they , he would have found that they spake exactly like Pelagius , as it may be proved by innumerable passages of St. Chrysostom , and his disciple St ...
... held con- cerning this subject . If he had been able to read the Greek fathers , say they , he would have found that they spake exactly like Pelagius , as it may be proved by innumerable passages of St. Chrysostom , and his disciple St ...
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... held the opinions of the Semipelagians . Therefore he wrote to St. Augustin in these terms : " I am re- solved to love you , to honour you , to reverence and admire you , and to defend your sayings as though they were my own ...
... held the opinions of the Semipelagians . Therefore he wrote to St. Augustin in these terms : " I am re- solved to love you , to honour you , to reverence and admire you , and to defend your sayings as though they were my own ...
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... held in Afric concerning this affair , one at Carthage , the other at Milevum . Aurelius , bishop of Carthage , presided at the first , where sixty - seven bishops were assembled . They had not yet received in Afric the acts of ...
... held in Afric concerning this affair , one at Carthage , the other at Milevum . Aurelius , bishop of Carthage , presided at the first , where sixty - seven bishops were assembled . They had not yet received in Afric the acts of ...
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... held the opinions of the Semipelagians . Therefore he wrote to St. Augustin in these terms : " I am re- solved to love you , to honour you , to reverence and . admire you , and to defend your sayings as though they were my own ...
... held the opinions of the Semipelagians . Therefore he wrote to St. Augustin in these terms : " I am re- solved to love you , to honour you , to reverence and . admire you , and to defend your sayings as though they were my own ...
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Page 201 - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held : and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth...
Page 30 - Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding : Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness ; And from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
Page 116 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not : if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. 44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only...
Page 110 - To what purpose is this waste ? For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman ? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. For ye have the poor always with you ; but me ye have not always.
Page 238 - There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; They hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; And the servant is free from his master.
Page 31 - Isaac; (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Page 132 - God is not a man, that he should lie;. neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Page 12 - For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Page 136 - But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Page 11 - Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.