Memoirs of the Life and Writings of John Calvin: To which is Prefixed, a Brief Sketch of the History of the ReformationD. Hogan, 1823 - 299 pages |
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... evil which afflicted the church of Geneva . In some regulations respecting ecclesiastical discipline , she was not perfectly agreed with the church of Bern . For the Genevese celebrated the Lord's Supper with leavened bread ; -and ...
... evil which afflicted the church of Geneva . In some regulations respecting ecclesiastical discipline , she was not perfectly agreed with the church of Bern . For the Genevese celebrated the Lord's Supper with leavened bread ; -and ...
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... evil , which would probably have been attended with the worst consequences , had not this illustrious exile applied a prompt re- medy to it . Jacques Sadolet , Bishop of Carpen- tras , was a man of considerable eloquence , which he ...
... evil , which would probably have been attended with the worst consequences , had not this illustrious exile applied a prompt re- medy to it . Jacques Sadolet , Bishop of Carpen- tras , was a man of considerable eloquence , which he ...
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... evil , had be- taken themselves to flight ; but they were now pur- sued by Opede and his army over rocks and moun- tains , and forced to great extremities and distress . When overtaken , they supplicated that they might be permitted to ...
... evil , had be- taken themselves to flight ; but they were now pur- sued by Opede and his army over rocks and moun- tains , and forced to great extremities and distress . When overtaken , they supplicated that they might be permitted to ...
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... evil , but hopeth all things , and endureth all things . " - Dr . Samuel Johnson . Life of Sir Thomas Browne , p . 58 . Epist . Præstant Theal . p . 317 . It is important to remark , that the consideration which 172 MEMOIRS OF THE.
... evil , but hopeth all things , and endureth all things . " - Dr . Samuel Johnson . Life of Sir Thomas Browne , p . 58 . Epist . Præstant Theal . p . 317 . It is important to remark , that the consideration which 172 MEMOIRS OF THE.
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... evil spirits , disturb me ' not at all . I tremble on account of other enemies , more dangerous ; and I dread abundantly more , ' those carnal covetousnesses , those debaucheries of the tavern , of the brothel , and of gaming ; those ...
... evil spirits , disturb me ' not at all . I tremble on account of other enemies , more dangerous ; and I dread abundantly more , ' those carnal covetousnesses , those debaucheries of the tavern , of the brothel , and of gaming ; those ...
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Page 243 - The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people ; for ye were the fewest of all people : but because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Page 223 - Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned...
Page 290 - They went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us : but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
Page 284 - Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Page 223 - Being, who is infinitely more than an adequate object of all those affections; whom we are commanded to "love with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind.
Page 242 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Page 290 - Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. 8 The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
Page 284 - Christ; according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love ; having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved...
Page 249 - I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
Page 255 - Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour ? What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction ; and that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory...