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... their deluded worshippers , exam- ples rather of scandalous crimes , than of purity and virtue . None of the various systems of the heathen religion appear to have been adapted to in- spire love and respect for virtue , or to pro- 7.
... their deluded worshippers , exam- ples rather of scandalous crimes , than of purity and virtue . None of the various systems of the heathen religion appear to have been adapted to in- spire love and respect for virtue , or to pro- 7.
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... crimes . The sports of the gladiators , the grossest de- bauchery , the licentiousness of divorce , the custom of exposing infants , and other horrid practices , prove that the colours are not too dark , which the apostle Paul employs ...
... crimes . The sports of the gladiators , the grossest de- bauchery , the licentiousness of divorce , the custom of exposing infants , and other horrid practices , prove that the colours are not too dark , which the apostle Paul employs ...
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Hannah Adams. the most atrocious crimes , and appeared to have lost almost all sense of moral obligation , God was graciously pleased to send his Son , to reform and save the world . " When the fulness of time was come , " our Lord ...
Hannah Adams. the most atrocious crimes , and appeared to have lost almost all sense of moral obligation , God was graciously pleased to send his Son , to reform and save the world . " When the fulness of time was come , " our Lord ...
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... crimes . The national council , or Sanhedrim , was composed of men of different religious sects , who had imbibed all the prejudices of party , and were more intent upon the gratification of private pique , or ambition , than the ad ...
... crimes . The national council , or Sanhedrim , was composed of men of different religious sects , who had imbibed all the prejudices of party , and were more intent upon the gratification of private pique , or ambition , than the ad ...
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... , their sen- timents on the sixth commandment , which prohibits murder . This crime the Jewish teachers confined entirely to the outward ac- tion of maliciously slaying a person , by a man's own hand ; and supposed , that he who 56.
... , their sen- timents on the sixth commandment , which prohibits murder . This crime the Jewish teachers confined entirely to the outward ac- tion of maliciously slaying a person , by a man's own hand ; and supposed , that he who 56.
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Page 140 - So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
Page 158 - I have kept laid up in a napkin : for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man : thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and...
Page 141 - But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise : and the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
Page 136 - And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame.
Page 85 - Jesus went with them. And when He was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to Him, saying unto Him, Lord, trouble not Thyself: for I am not worthy that Thou shouldest enter under my roof:' wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto Thee : but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.
Page 148 - Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Page 75 - And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye ' Or how wilt thou (Say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye : and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Page 139 - But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
Page 140 - Then said the king to the servants. Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 66 - But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head and wash thy face that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret. And thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.