Sacred Classics, Or, Cabinet Library of Divinity: Primitive ChristianityRichard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing J. Hatchard, 1835 - Christianity |
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... greatest part stood off ; yea , by many even of the meanest and most incon- siderable quality his temptations were as resolutely beaten back as the blow of an engine is by a wall of marble . 2 Nor were they any more shaken by storms and ...
... greatest part stood off ; yea , by many even of the meanest and most incon- siderable quality his temptations were as resolutely beaten back as the blow of an engine is by a wall of marble . 2 Nor were they any more shaken by storms and ...
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... greatest dangers . 1 When the officers were sent to apprehend St. Polycarp , and had with great industry and cruelty found out the place where he was , though he had timely notice to have escaped by going into ano- ther house , yet he ...
... greatest dangers . 1 When the officers were sent to apprehend St. Polycarp , and had with great industry and cruelty found out the place where he was , though he had timely notice to have escaped by going into ano- ther house , yet he ...
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... greatest parts and learning , made them willing to quit their beloved opinions , to forfeit their estates , to part with their ease and pleasures , and to submit to torments rather than violate the faith of Christ , or start from the ...
... greatest parts and learning , made them willing to quit their beloved opinions , to forfeit their estates , to part with their ease and pleasures , and to submit to torments rather than violate the faith of Christ , or start from the ...
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... greatest villains , the meanest and vilest persons . V. Throwing to wild beasts . This was a punish- ment very common amongst the Romans , to con- demn a man to fight for his life with the most savage beasts , bears , leopards , lions ...
... greatest villains , the meanest and vilest persons . V. Throwing to wild beasts . This was a punish- ment very common amongst the Romans , to con- demn a man to fight for his life with the most savage beasts , bears , leopards , lions ...
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... greatest honour that could be done them . " They strove , " as Sulpitius Severus observes , speaking of the ninth persecution , I which should rush first upon those glorious conflicts ; men in those days much more greedily seeking ...
... greatest honour that could be done them . " They strove , " as Sulpitius Severus observes , speaking of the ninth persecution , I which should rush first upon those glorious conflicts ; men in those days much more greedily seeking ...
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Page 21 - Neither was there any among them that lacked ; for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the price of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles' feet : and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
Page 24 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy: but I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you...
Page 1 - Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ : that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel...
Page 41 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 41 - ... for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. 5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Page 21 - Neither was there any among them that lacked : for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles' feet : and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
Page 215 - As no one knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of a man that is in him ; so the manner of the things of God knoweth no one, save the Spirit of God.
Page 2 - ... the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit.
Page 179 - In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats ; to go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of His majesty, when He ariseth to shake terribly the earth.