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... worship of their country , and engaged at the rites of the most vile and obfcene deities . How partially and imperfectly it took place , may be seen in a Treatife of * Cicero concerning Providence , and the Nature of the Gods . The per ...
... worship of their country , and engaged at the rites of the most vile and obfcene deities . How partially and imperfectly it took place , may be seen in a Treatife of * Cicero concerning Providence , and the Nature of the Gods . The per ...
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... worship , and all other moral duties . But , as I have before said , I cannot conceive that any law can be binding , which has not a lawgiver to give it his fanction . I cannot help doubting of its existence . And as to the light of ...
... worship , and all other moral duties . But , as I have before said , I cannot conceive that any law can be binding , which has not a lawgiver to give it his fanction . I cannot help doubting of its existence . And as to the light of ...
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... worship of their na- tional gods , and the gods of other coun- tries ; all which tended to the exclufion of the true God ; of whom they make no mention , and of whom they had no true * Cicero , Tufc . Q. L. 1. § 13. p . 1145. Gronov ...
... worship of their na- tional gods , and the gods of other coun- tries ; all which tended to the exclufion of the true God ; of whom they make no mention , and of whom they had no true * Cicero , Tufc . Q. L. 1. § 13. p . 1145. Gronov ...
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... worship was better than none . But the fame allowance will not perhaps be made to Mr. Pope : who goes beyond the Heathen in his fentiments : and who thinks that all rites , however base , and all idolatry , however grofs and shock- ing ...
... worship was better than none . But the fame allowance will not perhaps be made to Mr. Pope : who goes beyond the Heathen in his fentiments : and who thinks that all rites , however base , and all idolatry , however grofs and shock- ing ...
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... worship from hav- ing any relation to the fupreme Deity , that they are faid repeatedly to be devils , and no gods : and the whole of the divine institution under Mofes was to preserve one portion of mankind from this general 2 Corinth ...
... worship from hav- ing any relation to the fupreme Deity , that they are faid repeatedly to be devils , and no gods : and the whole of the divine institution under Mofes was to preserve one portion of mankind from this general 2 Corinth ...
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Page 32 - But he answered and said unto him that told him, " Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?" And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, "Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister and mother.
Page 217 - The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you ; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
Page 178 - Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he.
Page 108 - And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bride-chamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them ? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
Page 77 - And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 17 - Vain, wretched creature, how art thou misled To think thy wit these godlike notions bred! These truths are not the product of thy mind, But dropp'd from heaven, and of a nobler kind.
Page 68 - And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
Page 213 - Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs; but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
Page 78 - And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed ? but where are the nine ? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
Page 180 - If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. ^But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works : that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.