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... of Bishops , Reasons humbly offered by the Representation of the Clergy of the City of Dublin , to his Grace William Lord Archbishop of Dublin , 383 400 417 439 TWELVE SERMONS . VOL . VIII . A TWELVE SERMONS vi CONTENTS .
... of Bishops , Reasons humbly offered by the Representation of the Clergy of the City of Dublin , to his Grace William Lord Archbishop of Dublin , 383 400 417 439 TWELVE SERMONS . VOL . VIII . A TWELVE SERMONS vi CONTENTS .
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... offered to its disadvantage , it is plain they wish it were not true ; and those wishes can proceed from no- thing but an evil conscience ; because , if there be truth in our religion , their condition must be miserable . And therefore ...
... offered to its disadvantage , it is plain they wish it were not true ; and those wishes can proceed from no- thing but an evil conscience ; because , if there be truth in our religion , their condition must be miserable . And therefore ...
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... offers which he values more than he does the power wherewith he was trust ed . And if such a man doth not betray his caus and his master , it is only because the temptation was not properly offered , or the profit was too small , or the ...
... offers which he values more than he does the power wherewith he was trust ed . And if such a man doth not betray his caus and his master , it is only because the temptation was not properly offered , or the profit was too small , or the ...
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... offered to do , in the most blameable part of his reign . But , the lands of the crown having been prodigally bestowed to fa- vourites in the preceding reigns , the succeeding kings could not support themselves without taxes raised by ...
... offered to do , in the most blameable part of his reign . But , the lands of the crown having been prodigally bestowed to fa- vourites in the preceding reigns , the succeeding kings could not support themselves without taxes raised by ...
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... offer to come hither in per- son to subdue those rebels . These , and a thou- sand other barbarities , forced the king to summon his loyal subjects to his standard in his own de- fence . Meanwhile the English parliament , in- stead of ...
... offer to come hither in per- son to subdue those rebels . These , and a thou- sand other barbarities , forced the king to summon his loyal subjects to his standard in his own de- fence . Meanwhile the English parliament , in- stead of ...
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Page 99 - And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
Page 78 - But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you : for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
Page 156 - But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Page 159 - But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
Page 116 - Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 47 - Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Page 197 - Who would ever have suspected Asgill for a wit, or Toland for a philosopher, if the inexhaustible stock of Christianity had not been at hand to provide them with materials ? What other subject, through all art or nature, could have produced Tindal for a profound author, or furnished him with readers? It is the wise choice of the subject that alone adorns and distinguishes the writer. For had an hundred such pens as these been employed on the side of religion, they would have immediately sunk into...
Page 43 - Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility : for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Page 337 - Proper words, in proper places, make the true definition of a style.
Page 63 - Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness ; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens...