| William Jones - 1824 - 522 pages
...cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer; whoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day...resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk ; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim." Till the age of... | |
| Thom Scott - 1824 - 758 pages
...avail than two months of fasting sjnd prayer. ( Whoever dies in battle, his sins are forgiven ; ' and at the day of judgment, his wounds shall ' be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as ' musk : and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied ' by the wings of angels.' I apprehend that numbers of... | |
| John Stonard - 1824 - 512 pages
...key of heaven and of hell; a drop of blood shed in the cause of God is of more avail thantwo monthsof fasting or prayer : whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven ; at the day of judgement his wounds shall be resplendent, as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his... | |
| George Stanley Faber - 1824 - 300 pages
...is the key of heaven and of hell. A drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting or prayer. Whosoever falls in * Koran chap. 33. In this same chapter, Mohammed has somewhat ludicrously contrived to give his disciples... | |
| William Paley - 1824 - 408 pages
...cause of God, a night spent in arm;, is . more avail than two montbs' fasting or prayer. Whosocvcr falls in battle, his sins are forgiven at the day of judgment-, hia wound, ,nall be resplendenta* vermillion, and odoriferous as mirsk ; und the los. of hii limbs... | |
| John Bird Sumner (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1825 - 426 pages
...is the key of heaven and of hell: a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting or prayer:...day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermillion and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels... | |
| William Paley - 1825 - 454 pages
...a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months' fasting or prayer. Whosoever falls in battle, his...resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim." Gibbon, vol. ix.... | |
| Archibald Alexander - 1825 - 256 pages
...shed in the cause of God, a night spent under arms, is of more avail, than two months of fasting and prayer. Whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven....resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs shall be replaced by the wings of angels and cherubim." But when they had... | |
| William Paley, Edmund Paley - 1825 - 478 pages
...a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months' fasting or prayer. Whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven at the day of judgement ; his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk ; and the loss of... | |
| 1847 - 660 pages
...cause of God — a night spent in arms— is 'of more avail that months of fasting and prayer ; whoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven ; at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermillion, and odoriferous as musk ; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels... | |
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