Diversities of Christian Character Illustrated in the Lives of the Four Great Apostles

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W. Blackwood, 1858 - Apostles - 170 pages

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Page 95 - But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan : thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
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