An essay on the effect of the Reformation on civil society in Europe1829 |
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... influence of the Reformation on political and civil society ; and to that enlightened , though sometimes erring , philosopher , the Christian world is under high obligations . But it seemed to the Author of the following Essay , that ...
... influence of the Reformation on political and civil society ; and to that enlightened , though sometimes erring , philosopher , the Christian world is under high obligations . But it seemed to the Author of the following Essay , that ...
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... influence of the Reformation , than to its effect on the civil and domestic affairs of European society . If , under the favour of Almighty God , this Essay shall be the mean of inducing or che- rishing , in the mind of any of its ...
... influence of the Reformation , than to its effect on the civil and domestic affairs of European society . If , under the favour of Almighty God , this Essay shall be the mean of inducing or che- rishing , in the mind of any of its ...
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... influence would be felt in the remotest regions of the world , and by the la- test generations of mankind . This would have been the truth ; but the anticipation of any thing like this was far from their minds . Great as is the ...
... influence would be felt in the remotest regions of the world , and by the la- test generations of mankind . This would have been the truth ; but the anticipation of any thing like this was far from their minds . Great as is the ...
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... influence on the civil and political affairs of man- kind , they permit , in a great degree , to pass unrecord- ed . Too much do they regard it as merely a revo- lution in theology , extending not its bearings , or , at all events ...
... influence on the civil and political affairs of man- kind , they permit , in a great degree , to pass unrecord- ed . Too much do they regard it as merely a revo- lution in theology , extending not its bearings , or , at all events ...
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... influence which it has exerted on civil and poli- tical affairs - it has been productive of alterations of so much moment in man's social condition , as to ren- der it one of the most interesting and important events which history ...
... influence which it has exerted on civil and poli- tical affairs - it has been productive of alterations of so much moment in man's social condition , as to ren- der it one of the most interesting and important events which history ...
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Page 273 - And I heard another voice from heaven, saying ; Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues; for her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
Page 113 - And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Bab-y-lon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Page 159 - Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness; covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity, whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful...
Page 273 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Page 234 - Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Page 234 - ... evangelists, and of the holy innocents, who in the sight of the Holy Lamb, are found worthy to sing the new song of the holy martyrs and holy confessors, and of the holy virgins, and of all the saints, together with the holy and elect of God, May he...
Page 87 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain ; if thou sayest, "Behold, we knew it not;" doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Page 235 - in his thighs, in his genitals," [My father shook his head] " and in his hips, and in his knees, his legs, and feet, and toe-nails ! " May he be cursed in all the joints and articulations of his members, from the top of his head to the sole of his foot! May there be no soundness in him ! " May the Son of the living God, with all the glory of his majesty...
Page 274 - How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Page 184 - Think not that I am come to send peace on earth : I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.