The History of the Moravians: From Their First Settlement at Herrnhaag in the County of Budingen, Down to the Present Time, with a View Chiefly to Their Political Intrigues

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J. Robinson, 1754 - 208 pages

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Page 37 - He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; He that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; He that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; He that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol.
Page 14 - Let your light fo fhine before men, that they may fee your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Page 15 - Man he faid, behold, the Fear of the Lord that is Wifdom, and to depart from Evil is Underftanding.
Page 53 - Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promifes ; that by thefe ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having efcaped the corruption that is in the world through luft.
Page 18 - having found lodging, bed and board in the Lamb's wounds cannot but be merry and live according to nature ; so that when such a one plays any pranks that the godly ones cry out against them as sins, the Saviour is so far from being displeased therewith that he rejoices the more.
Page 3 - Flame ; and that is all which " we wifh and can wifh you, that you and our " dear Relations may from the Womb be brought " into the little Side-hole, and there enjoy all " the Felicity which the Lamb can impart to a " juftified Sinner. I thought to have been with " you this Summer, but it has proved otherwife ; " poffibly I may come in 1748, if nothing in
Page 37 - They have chofen their own Ways, and their Soul delighteth in their...
Page 31 - People) that all they have to do is to bed and board in the Saviour's Wounds, and roll themfelves in them, and to rejoice with Songs and Dances, without minding the Precifians and Vifionaries.

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