Errors Regarding ReligionAdam and Charles Black, 1841 - 295 pages |
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... say classical work , of Professor Low . It will become the manual of practical agriculture for the British empire ; and the judicious practical rules and sound views of our author will unquestionably prove beneficial to the ...
... say classical work , of Professor Low . It will become the manual of practical agriculture for the British empire ; and the judicious practical rules and sound views of our author will unquestionably prove beneficial to the ...
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... says It is never too late to mend . ' If , therefore , any of our readers should - and we admit only the barest possibility of such a thing - have been addicted to bad habits , ' we earnestly entreat that they will mend them - the ...
... says It is never too late to mend . ' If , therefore , any of our readers should - and we admit only the barest possibility of such a thing - have been addicted to bad habits , ' we earnestly entreat that they will mend them - the ...
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... say where the true labours of Hercules end , and where the mytho- logical labours of the heavenly Hercules begin . But Polytheism was not only diversified by the union of two separate sources of superstition ; it was still farther ...
... say where the true labours of Hercules end , and where the mytho- logical labours of the heavenly Hercules begin . But Polytheism was not only diversified by the union of two separate sources of superstition ; it was still farther ...
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... says Lactantius , " as if he lived in the dark ; and do they not deserve to pass for madmen who offer lamps to the Author and Giver of light ? " With respect to votive offerings , Polydore Virgil , after having described this practice ...
... says Lactantius , " as if he lived in the dark ; and do they not deserve to pass for madmen who offer lamps to the Author and Giver of light ? " With respect to votive offerings , Polydore Virgil , after having described this practice ...
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... says Middleton , one part consists , as it did likewise amongst the heathens , of a wardrobe ; for the very idols , as Tertullian observes , used to be drest out in curious robes of the choicest stuffs and fashions . While they were ...
... says Middleton , one part consists , as it did likewise amongst the heathens , of a wardrobe ; for the very idols , as Tertullian observes , used to be drest out in curious robes of the choicest stuffs and fashions . While they were ...
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Page 188 - Per substantiam intelligo id quod in se est et per se concipitur; hoc est id, cuius conceptus non indiget conceptu alterius rei, a quo formari debeat.
Page 154 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Page 106 - And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee ; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth ; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
Page 105 - 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 105 - And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Page 221 - I. The inflexible, and, if we may use the expression, the intolerant zeal of the Christians, derived, it is true, from the Jewish religion, but purified from the narrow and unsocial spirit which, instead of inviting, had deterred the Gentiles from embracing the law of Moses. II. The doctrine of a future life, improved by every additional circumstance which could give weight and efficacy to that important truth.