A Plea for Religion and the Sacred Writings: Addressed to the Disciples of Thomas Paine, and Wavering Christians of Every Persuasion. With an Appendix Containing the Author's Determination to Have Relinquished His Charge in the Established Church, and the Reasons on which that Determination was Founded |
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... common Christiani- ty , of which Mr. S. was so bright an ornament ; and so happy an example of the union of zeal with catholicism and of talent with humility . I have , however , to regret that those friends and coadjutors , who could ...
... common Christiani- ty , of which Mr. S. was so bright an ornament ; and so happy an example of the union of zeal with catholicism and of talent with humility . I have , however , to regret that those friends and coadjutors , who could ...
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... common use . The words being classed also according to their parts of speech , and arranged under dif ferent heads , according to the number of letters or syllables of which they are composed , can be committed to memory in less than ...
... common use . The words being classed also according to their parts of speech , and arranged under dif ferent heads , according to the number of letters or syllables of which they are composed , can be committed to memory in less than ...
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... common life , a state of confinement would be thought essentially neces sary for our welfare , and the public good . - Can nothing be done , no mea- sures be taken , to put a stop to this infamous practice , this national oppro- brium ...
... common life , a state of confinement would be thought essentially neces sary for our welfare , and the public good . - Can nothing be done , no mea- sures be taken , to put a stop to this infamous practice , this national oppro- brium ...
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... common objections stated and answered , and the whole rendered as concise and satisfactory as may be . Mr. Paine's objections to the Bible are particularly considered , and brief answers returned . His abuse of the Sacred Writers is ...
... common objections stated and answered , and the whole rendered as concise and satisfactory as may be . Mr. Paine's objections to the Bible are particularly considered , and brief answers returned . His abuse of the Sacred Writers is ...
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... common way . of June , 1623 , " says he , " I set out for Calais , where I was to embark , having with me a retinue of upwards of two hun- dred gentlemen , or who called themselves such , of whom a considerable number were really of the ...
... common way . of June , 1623 , " says he , " I set out for Calais , where I was to embark , having with me a retinue of upwards of two hun- dred gentlemen , or who called themselves such , of whom a considerable number were really of the ...
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Page 5 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Page 126 - Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
Page 172 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherits, shall dissolve ; And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind ! we are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.
Page 59 - Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations : that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.
Page 128 - Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Page 242 - I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards : I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees...
Page 243 - What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heart-felt joy, Is virtue's prize: A better would you fix?
Page 128 - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Page 58 - Christ, and be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith...
Page 242 - So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem; also my wisdom remained with me. And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiceth in all my labour; and this was my portion of all my labour.