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... become degraded and unhap- py . Entertaining these views , he was led to adopt the resolution of revising and enlarging the short Essay before alluded to ; the more readily engaging therein , that the view which it takes of the bearings ...
... become degraded and unhap- py . Entertaining these views , he was led to adopt the resolution of revising and enlarging the short Essay before alluded to ; the more readily engaging therein , that the view which it takes of the bearings ...
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... becomes us to avail ourselves of the advantages of our situation . We should seek to gain acquaint- ance with the history of this most interesting of all the revolutions that have taken place in modern times , and we should investigate ...
... becomes us to avail ourselves of the advantages of our situation . We should seek to gain acquaint- ance with the history of this most interesting of all the revolutions that have taken place in modern times , and we should investigate ...
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... greatness of the papal power , and as speci- mens of the revolting insults which the pontiffs inflicted on the princes of Europe . had become intolerable ; he determined to attempt their reformation 16 EFFECT OF THE REFORMATION.
... greatness of the papal power , and as speci- mens of the revolting insults which the pontiffs inflicted on the princes of Europe . had become intolerable ; he determined to attempt their reformation 16 EFFECT OF THE REFORMATION.
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William Mackray. had become intolerable ; he determined to attempt their reformation ; but his attempt proved fatal . The Primate of England , indignant , fled to Rome , -the anathemas of the Holy See thundered , -the friends of the King ...
William Mackray. had become intolerable ; he determined to attempt their reformation ; but his attempt proved fatal . The Primate of England , indignant , fled to Rome , -the anathemas of the Holy See thundered , -the friends of the King ...
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... become more terrible , and from which - to the lasting dishonour of other nations , whom the spoils of her literature have enriched and ennobled , - after the lapse of eighteen long , sad centuries , she is not delivered . The Popes of ...
... become more terrible , and from which - to the lasting dishonour of other nations , whom the spoils of her literature have enriched and ennobled , - after the lapse of eighteen long , sad centuries , she is not delivered . The Popes of ...
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Page 273 - 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 113 - 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 Bab-y-lon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Page 159 - Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness; covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity, whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful...
Page 273 - 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 234 - Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Page 234 - ... evangelists, and of the holy innocents, who in the sight of the Holy Lamb, are found worthy to sing the new song of the holy martyrs and holy confessors, and of the holy virgins, and of all the saints, together with the holy and elect of God, May he...
Page 87 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain ; if thou sayest, "Behold, we knew it not;" doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Page 235 - in his thighs, in his genitals," [My father shook his head] " and in his hips, and in his knees, his legs, and feet, and toe-nails ! " May he be cursed in all the joints and articulations of his members, from the top of his head to the sole of his foot! May there be no soundness in him ! " May the Son of the living God, with all the glory of his majesty...
Page 274 - How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Page 184 - Think not that I am come to send peace on earth : I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.