Narrative of an Excursion to the Mountains of Piemont, in the Year MDCCCXXIII.: And Researches Among the Vaudois, Or WaldensesC. and J. Rivington, 1825 - 287 pages |
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... Christianity , those simple manners , and noble traits of character which must have distinguished the ancient natives of a district , where the cor- ruptions , introduced elsewhere by the Roman hierarchy , were never tolerated . I am ...
... Christianity , those simple manners , and noble traits of character which must have distinguished the ancient natives of a district , where the cor- ruptions , introduced elsewhere by the Roman hierarchy , were never tolerated . I am ...
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... Christian resignation , will now be made known . " This leads me again to advert to the principal- object which I have in view in the publication of this work , viz . that of bringing the Vaudois under notice ; because it has been the ...
... Christian resignation , will now be made known . " This leads me again to advert to the principal- object which I have in view in the publication of this work , viz . that of bringing the Vaudois under notice ; because it has been the ...
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... Christian mildness - The modera- tor's library - Sold to purchase the necessaries of life- Episcopacy among the Vaudois - Reduced numbers of the Vaudois - Innovations - Waldensian church - Church of England - Persecutions - The ...
... Christian mildness - The modera- tor's library - Sold to purchase the necessaries of life- Episcopacy among the Vaudois - Reduced numbers of the Vaudois - Innovations - Waldensian church - Church of England - Persecutions - The ...
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... advance of Romish corruptions -Christianity as it was in the primitive church - Progres- sive departure from it - Steady resistance and integrity of the Waldenses 237 CONTENTS . xxiii CHAPTER XII . General observation - The.
... advance of Romish corruptions -Christianity as it was in the primitive church - Progres- sive departure from it - Steady resistance and integrity of the Waldenses 237 CONTENTS . xxiii CHAPTER XII . General observation - The.
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... Christian Knowledge , on the day when a very affecting letter was read to the board by the Rev. Dr. Gaskin , the late Secretary , which was signed " Ferdinand Peyrani , Minister of Pramol , " and requested that some aid might be sent in ...
... Christian Knowledge , on the day when a very affecting letter was read to the board by the Rev. Dr. Gaskin , the late Secretary , which was signed " Ferdinand Peyrani , Minister of Pramol , " and requested that some aid might be sent in ...
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Page 236 - When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not : in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks. Their moans The vales redoubled to the hills and they To heaven.
Page 236 - 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 146 - And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Page lxxi - Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers : for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? and what agreement hath the temple of God with idols?
Page 145 - And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Page lxviii - Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious : and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
Page lxxi - This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Page 146 - And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud ; and their enemies beheld them.
Page 211 - They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Page lix - In like manner, we firmly hold, that there is no other mediator and advocate with God the Father, save only Jesus Christ.