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... Christ and those of antichrist , during a period of three centuries and while he here finds what must sicken his heart on the one hand , he will meet with enough to console him on the other , at viewing the triumph of truth over error ...
... Christ and those of antichrist , during a period of three centuries and while he here finds what must sicken his heart on the one hand , he will meet with enough to console him on the other , at viewing the triumph of truth over error ...
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... Christ , till the middle of the fifth century ; at which time the empire , invaded at all points by immense hordes of barbarians , Goths and Vandals , sunk under its own unwieldly bulk , and crumbled into ruins . During the interval ...
... Christ , till the middle of the fifth century ; at which time the empire , invaded at all points by immense hordes of barbarians , Goths and Vandals , sunk under its own unwieldly bulk , and crumbled into ruins . During the interval ...
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... Christ , properly speaking , but a monstrous corruption of it -- a hideous caricature of the heavenly original . That cannot be the kingdom or church of Christ in which his own laws are not obeyed , and in which they are wholly ...
... Christ , properly speaking , but a monstrous corruption of it -- a hideous caricature of the heavenly original . That cannot be the kingdom or church of Christ in which his own laws are not obeyed , and in which they are wholly ...
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... Christ was , as it were , to be under a cloud , his great adversary was to be permitted to have the sway , and the primitive church order , discipline , and worship , in a great measure , to disappear . I wish to remind you that , in ...
... Christ was , as it were , to be under a cloud , his great adversary was to be permitted to have the sway , and the primitive church order , discipline , and worship , in a great measure , to disappear . I wish to remind you that , in ...
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... Christ , but because it shews us the fulfilment of the prophetical writings , and so serves to confirm our faith in divine revelation . The former lecture exhibited a melancholy picture of the cor- rupt state of the church of England ...
... Christ , but because it shews us the fulfilment of the prophetical writings , and so serves to confirm our faith in divine revelation . The former lecture exhibited a melancholy picture of the cor- rupt state of the church of England ...
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Page 159 - For the mystery of iniquity doth already work ; only he who now letteth will let until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his. coming...
Page 159 - Let no man deceive you by any means : for that day shall not come, except there come A FALLING AWAY first, and that MAN OF SIN be revealed, the SON OF PERDITION ; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped ; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
Page 267 - And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and think to change times and laws ; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Page 40 - Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron, forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
Page 92 - And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them ; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so : but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger ; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
Page 92 - For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God ; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate...
Page 163 - 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 Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Page 460 - But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Page 22 - 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 560 - 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...