A Plea for Religion and the Sacred Writings: Addressed to the Disciples of Thomas Paine, and Wavering Christians of Every DenominationSolomon Wiatt, 1809 - 393 páginas |
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... Holy Gospel is by no means owing to the prejudices of edu- cation , but it arises from the fullest reflection of my riper years and understanding . It forms , at this mo- ment , the great consolation of a life , which , as a shadow ...
... Holy Gospel is by no means owing to the prejudices of edu- cation , but it arises from the fullest reflection of my riper years and understanding . It forms , at this mo- ment , the great consolation of a life , which , as a shadow ...
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... Holy Scriptures , through them . What has the character and gospel of Christ to do with the trea- chery of Judas , the cowardice of Peter , the ambition of James and John , the lukewarmness and worldly spirit of our bishops and clergy ...
... Holy Scriptures , through them . What has the character and gospel of Christ to do with the trea- chery of Judas , the cowardice of Peter , the ambition of James and John , the lukewarmness and worldly spirit of our bishops and clergy ...
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... holy angels . It is impossible to add any thing to the weight of these words . The heart that is unappalled by them is harder than the nether mill - stone , and incapable of religious melioration . When you have perused this volume , if ...
... holy angels . It is impossible to add any thing to the weight of these words . The heart that is unappalled by them is harder than the nether mill - stone , and incapable of religious melioration . When you have perused this volume , if ...
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... Holy Scriptures as a revelation from on high ; and who have built their everlasting expectations upon the salvation which is therein revealed . The hopes of such persons have never been disappointed . If they have lived up , in any good ...
... Holy Scriptures as a revelation from on high ; and who have built their everlasting expectations upon the salvation which is therein revealed . The hopes of such persons have never been disappointed . If they have lived up , in any good ...
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... holy Scrip- tures ; and of the fourth to meditate half an hour every day upon eternity . This gave them comfort and vigour of mind to support the toil and fatigue of the day . We are told in the life of Or- monde , that “ he never ...
... holy Scrip- tures ; and of the fourth to meditate half an hour every day upon eternity . This gave them comfort and vigour of mind to support the toil and fatigue of the day . We are told in the life of Or- monde , that “ he never ...
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Página xv - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Página 151 - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Página 198 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherits, shall dissolve ; And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind ! we are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.
Página 330 - But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Página 263 - To die, to sleep : To sleep : perchance to dream : ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause...
Página 272 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill...
Página 225 - JESUS shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run ; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
Página 295 - But though we, or an Angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
Página 317 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found Among the faithless, faithful only he ; Among innumerable false, unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number, nor example, with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Página 270 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.