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Page iv
... liberty , upon bond for his good beha- viour ; which he refufing , was , with about eighteen others , committed to prifon . He had , during his abode in Ireland , contracted an intimate acquaintance with many of the nobility and gentry ...
... liberty , upon bond for his good beha- viour ; which he refufing , was , with about eighteen others , committed to prifon . He had , during his abode in Ireland , contracted an intimate acquaintance with many of the nobility and gentry ...
Page v
... liberty I now crave , and concluded no way fo effectual to improve or advantage this country , as to difpenfe ' with freedom in things relating to confcience ; and , ' I fuppofe , were it riotous or tumultuary , as by fome vainly ...
... liberty I now crave , and concluded no way fo effectual to improve or advantage this country , as to difpenfe ' with freedom in things relating to confcience ; and , ' I fuppofe , were it riotous or tumultuary , as by fome vainly ...
Page viii
... liberty of the fons of God , that they might receive remiffion of fins , and an in- heritance among them that are fanctified , through faith in Jefus Chrift . About About this time he writ to a young perfon of viii THE AUTHOR'S LIFE .
... liberty of the fons of God , that they might receive remiffion of fins , and an in- heritance among them that are fanctified , through faith in Jefus Chrift . About About this time he writ to a young perfon of viii THE AUTHOR'S LIFE .
Page xiv
... liberty feems to be facrificed to the inordinate paffions of the moft inveterate part of a faction , or ftrongly to confirm thofe in their conjectures and reports , who confidently have told it up and down , that my reftraint is not ...
... liberty feems to be facrificed to the inordinate paffions of the moft inveterate part of a faction , or ftrongly to confirm thofe in their conjectures and reports , who confidently have told it up and down , that my reftraint is not ...
Page xvi
... liberty , or live in this , to me seems both ridiculous and dangerous . Since it is most certain , the understanding can never be convinced by other arguments than what are adequate to its own nature ; which force is fo remote from ...
... liberty , or live in this , to me seems both ridiculous and dangerous . Since it is most certain , the understanding can never be convinced by other arguments than what are adequate to its own nature ; which force is fo remote from ...
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Page 60 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God ; all things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Page 306 - For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
Page 38 - But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
Page 4 - And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 162 - If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth ; but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Page 181 - For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ : for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth ; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith : as it is written, the just shall live by faith.
Page 115 - No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned, or be disseised of his freehold, or liberties, or free customs, or be outlawed or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed, nor will we pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Page lxxiii - THERE is a great God and power that hath made the world and all things therein, to whom you and I and all people owe their being and well-being ; and to whom you and I must one day give an account for all that we do in the world. This great God hath written his law in our hearts, by which we are taught and commanded to love and help, and do good to one another, and not to do harm and mischief one unto another.
Page 177 - And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to every man according to his several ability ; and straightway took his journey.
Page 178 - His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed. Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming, I should have received mine own with usury.