Reflections on the Four Principal Religions which Have Obtained in the World: Paganism, Mohammedism, Judaism, and Christianity; Also on the Church of England, and Other Denominations of Protestants: and on Evangelical Religion, Volume 1Richardson, 1824 - Christianity and other religions |
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... suppose from their representation , that there were several hun- dreds , and all so like one another , that the greatest per- spicacity is unequal to make the decision . But this is far from being an accurate state of facts . There have ...
... suppose from their representation , that there were several hun- dreds , and all so like one another , that the greatest per- spicacity is unequal to make the decision . But this is far from being an accurate state of facts . There have ...
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... suppose that those which were less civilized , would suffer a still greater moral degradation . The Phoenicians and Carthaginians em- braced a system of superstition , of the most horrible and sanguinary kind ; and upon any reverse of ...
... suppose that those which were less civilized , would suffer a still greater moral degradation . The Phoenicians and Carthaginians em- braced a system of superstition , of the most horrible and sanguinary kind ; and upon any reverse of ...
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... suppose that we meant to force it upon them ; and so incite them to a universal massacre of the English , and to overturn our empire in India . Now , had those who spoke or wrote in this manner been the open enemies of Christianity ...
... suppose that we meant to force it upon them ; and so incite them to a universal massacre of the English , and to overturn our empire in India . Now , had those who spoke or wrote in this manner been the open enemies of Christianity ...
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... suppose that countries still more bar- barous , will be found more rational in their worship , or more pure and humane in their rites and manners . The Japanese are said greatly to resemble the Chinese in their manner of worship , which ...
... suppose that countries still more bar- barous , will be found more rational in their worship , or more pure and humane in their rites and manners . The Japanese are said greatly to resemble the Chinese in their manner of worship , which ...
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... suppose , that that idolatry , which is at once an act of rebellion against God's Moral Govern- ment , and a deliberate robbery of Him , and which his own word pronounces to be abominable , will ever introduce men to his favour , or ...
... suppose , that that idolatry , which is at once an act of rebellion against God's Moral Govern- ment , and a deliberate robbery of Him , and which his own word pronounces to be abominable , will ever introduce men to his favour , or ...
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Page 144 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Page 333 - I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house, testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 362 - And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Page 179 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 239 - Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth : for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak : and he will show you things to come. He shall glorify me : for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you.
Page 79 - Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death ; A land of darkness, as darkness itself; And of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as darkness.
Page 235 - I am Alpha and. Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Page 230 - I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth...
Page 254 - For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh : how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God...
Page 331 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.