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... That he had been initiated in most of the Grecian mysteries , that he diligently
preserved those signs , and monuments , which were delivered him by the priests
, that this was no unusual or uni known thing that some who were present , and ...
... That he had been initiated in most of the Grecian mysteries , that he diligently
preserved those signs , and monuments , which were delivered him by the priests
, that this was no unusual or uni known thing that some who were present , and ...
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... that “ if any were present , who had partici . pated with him in the same
solemnities , they should give the sign ; ” that is , they should pronounce and
express those words ; which were the mark and token of their initiation and
consecration .
... that “ if any were present , who had partici . pated with him in the same
solemnities , they should give the sign ; ” that is , they should pronounce and
express those words ; which were the mark and token of their initiation and
consecration .
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I shall only say this in general , as being pertinent to my present undertaking , that
these symbolical words had a dark and enigmatical reference to the secret and
hidden rites of Ceres , and did in obscure expressions , shadow forth her ...
I shall only say this in general , as being pertinent to my present undertaking , that
these symbolical words had a dark and enigmatical reference to the secret and
hidden rites of Ceres , and did in obscure expressions , shadow forth her ...
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... our present creed ; I am so far from denying , that I shall endeavour to prove it
in the ensuing discourse , from Tertullian ... writers : But that the apostles
themselves should be the immedia ate authors of the creed in the present form
that it now ...
... our present creed ; I am so far from denying , that I shall endeavour to prove it
in the ensuing discourse , from Tertullian ... writers : But that the apostles
themselves should be the immedia ate authors of the creed in the present form
that it now ...
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... in the order and expres . , sion whereof , they do all without exception , agree :
Which consideration , with those aforementioned , sufficiently evidence , that the
a . postles neither were , nor could be the authors nor composers of our present ...
... in the order and expres . , sion whereof , they do all without exception , agree :
Which consideration , with those aforementioned , sufficiently evidence , that the
a . postles neither were , nor could be the authors nor composers of our present ...
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Page 112 - Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds ; who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Page 193 - For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas ; And the floods compassed me about: All thy billows and thy waves passed over me. Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
Page 111 - She saith unto him, Yea, Lord : I believe that thou art the Christ the Son of God, which should come into the world.
Page 114 - In this was manifested the love of GOD towards us, because that GOD sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved GOD, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Page 161 - Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne ; he seeing this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
Page 126 - Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Page 265 - We believe that through the atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.
Page 52 - Sirs, why do ye these things ? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, Who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein : Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
Page 200 - And though it is said, this corruptible shall put on incorruption, and this mortal shall put on immortality...
Page 273 - For where the Church is, there is the Spirit of God; and where the Spirit of God is, there is the Church, and every kind of grace; but the Spirit is truth.