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... cause of truth , that I am persuaded , purposes of the most im- portant nature are to be answered by it . But , not- withstanding this persuasion , I have thought it my duty , to bear a decided testimony against some of the most ...
... cause of truth , that I am persuaded , purposes of the most im- portant nature are to be answered by it . But , not- withstanding this persuasion , I have thought it my duty , to bear a decided testimony against some of the most ...
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... cause , Immortal Hale ! for deep discernment prais'd , And sound integrity , not more than fam'd For sanctity of manners undefil'd . ” ( 5 ) He that feels not conviction from these reasonings is out of the reach of all ordinary means of ...
... cause , Immortal Hale ! for deep discernment prais'd , And sound integrity , not more than fam'd For sanctity of manners undefil'd . ” ( 5 ) He that feels not conviction from these reasonings is out of the reach of all ordinary means of ...
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... cause , that he stoops to the most despicable pun , or to the most awkward perversion of language , for the pleasure of turning Scripture into ribaldry , or of calling Jesus an impostor . A rage for indecency pervades the whole work ...
... cause , that he stoops to the most despicable pun , or to the most awkward perversion of language , for the pleasure of turning Scripture into ribaldry , or of calling Jesus an impostor . A rage for indecency pervades the whole work ...
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... cause of irreligion . And his writings are so much the more dangerous , as he winds himself into favour with the unwary , by an eternal cant about virtue and liberty . He assumed the mask of virtue for no other purpose than that of ...
... cause of irreligion . And his writings are so much the more dangerous , as he winds himself into favour with the unwary , by an eternal cant about virtue and liberty . He assumed the mask of virtue for no other purpose than that of ...
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... cause of atheism , and an encomiast to Beelzebub . He had raked too in the very bottom of the jakes of debauchery , and had been a satyrist against religion itself . But when , like the prodigal in the gospel , he came to himself , his ...
... cause of atheism , and an encomiast to Beelzebub . He had raked too in the very bottom of the jakes of debauchery , and had been a satyrist against religion itself . But when , like the prodigal in the gospel , he came to himself , his ...
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Page xv - 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 151 - 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. 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 threshing floors; 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 198 - 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 330 - But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Page 263 - To die, to sleep : To sleep : perchance to dream : ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause...
Page 272 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill...
Page 225 - JESUS shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run ; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
Page 295 - But though we, or an Angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
Page 317 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found Among the faithless, faithful only he ; Among innumerable false, unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number, nor example, with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Page 270 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.