Lives of certain fathers of the Church in the fourth century, Volume 2 |
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... baptism to be baptised with , and how am I straitened till it be accomplished ! " It was ever to sufferers , to those afflicted with leprosy , with blind- ness , or palsy , or burning fever , -the poor , the lost , the broken - hearted ...
... baptism to be baptised with , and how am I straitened till it be accomplished ! " It was ever to sufferers , to those afflicted with leprosy , with blind- ness , or palsy , or burning fever , -the poor , the lost , the broken - hearted ...
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... baptism , have been buried with Him in His Death ; and who , when signed with the blessed emblem of salvation , bind themselves to Him as His soldiers , and offer their hearts too , ready to be pierced with the sword which He has ...
... baptism , have been buried with Him in His Death ; and who , when signed with the blessed emblem of salvation , bind themselves to Him as His soldiers , and offer their hearts too , ready to be pierced with the sword which He has ...
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... baptism - dark clouds , in which we see the rulers of the Church afraid to proclaim her truths , and bowing down in their vain imaginations before the expediency of a worldly and time - serving age . May we not justly be called upon at ...
... baptism - dark clouds , in which we see the rulers of the Church afraid to proclaim her truths , and bowing down in their vain imaginations before the expediency of a worldly and time - serving age . May we not justly be called upon at ...
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... baptism at Philip's hands . But the seed had fallen on a stony place , and Simon's belief was not unto salvation . He had believed , because of the miracles wrought by Philip in the Name of Jesus ; but , probably , he only recognized in ...
... baptism at Philip's hands . But the seed had fallen on a stony place , and Simon's belief was not unto salvation . He had believed , because of the miracles wrought by Philip in the Name of Jesus ; but , probably , he only recognized in ...
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... baptism altogether feignedly , or at least shortly afterwards was in the gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity ; either never having been loosed from it , or having forthwith bound it again yet closer round himself . . . . His history ...
... baptism altogether feignedly , or at least shortly afterwards was in the gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity ; either never having been loosed from it , or having forthwith bound it again yet closer round himself . . . . His history ...
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Page 140 - It is not necessary that Traditions and Ceremonies be in all places one, and utterly like'; for at all times they have been divers, and may be changed according to the diversities of countries, times*, and men's manners, so that nothing be ordained against God's Word.
Page 298 - And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels ; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked : between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.
Page 21 - But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Page 9 - They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword : they wandered about in sheep-skins, and goat-skins ; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; 38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Page 16 - Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
Page 203 - Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
Page 6 - But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
Page 50 - When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Page 115 - ... for a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God ; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre, but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate...
Page 214 - Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion ; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head : they shall obtain gladness and joy ; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.