From the birth of Christ to the reign of Constantine, A.D. 1-311C. Scribner, 1870 |
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Page 313 - And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out : it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire ; where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Page 178 - If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Page 150 - We are a people of yesterday, and yet we have filled every place belonging to you, cities, islands, castles, towns, assemblies, your very camp, your tribes, companies, palace, senate, forum' ! We leave you your temples only. We can count your armies : our numbers in a single province will be greater*.
Page 58 - Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself, founded empires ; but on what foundation did we rest the creations of our genius ? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded an empire upon love ; and at this hour, millions of men would die for him...
Page 178 - He that loveth father and mother more than me, is not worthy of me : and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.
Page 58 - Now, there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man, for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was the Christ...
Page 92 - James, the Second Epistle of Peter, the Second and Third Epistles of John, the Epistle of Jude, and the Book of Revelation.
Page 144 - Ecclesiastical History of the Second and Third Centuries, Illustrated from the Writings of Tertullian.
Page 59 - He was the Christ ; and when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him, for he appeared to them alive again the third •day, as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him ; and the ;tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct at this day.
Page 42 - The Fitness of Holy Scripture for Unfolding the Spiritual Life of Man : Christ the Desire of all Nations ; or, the Unconscious Prophecies of Heathendom. Hulsean Lectures.