A course of lectures on subjects connected with the corruption, revival, and future influence of genuine Christianity. Second edition |
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... Establishments . ) But religious instruction for the bulk of the people should be provided . Let it by all means . Who instruct them now ? Whose schools ex- clude half the population of the country - those of 78 ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.
... Establishments . ) But religious instruction for the bulk of the people should be provided . Let it by all means . Who instruct them now ? Whose schools ex- clude half the population of the country - those of 78 ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.
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William Johnson Fox. clude half the population of the country - those of the Sectaries or of the Establishment ? Who raise the character of the poor by discourses which they can understand and feel ? What sort of in- structors will they ...
William Johnson Fox. clude half the population of the country - those of the Sectaries or of the Establishment ? Who raise the character of the poor by discourses which they can understand and feel ? What sort of in- structors will they ...
Page 174
... population of country , after some years of education in it , to be turned back upon society ! All habits of regular industry gone , accustomed to take by force , familiarized with wounds and blood , their duty slaughtering , and their ...
... population of country , after some years of education in it , to be turned back upon society ! All habits of regular industry gone , accustomed to take by force , familiarized with wounds and blood , their duty slaughtering , and their ...
Page 177
... population ? The evil of excessive population consists , not in the absolute number , but in its extending beyond the means of subsistence . While there is food , numbers are advantageous . Their increase is a good , provided the means ...
... population ? The evil of excessive population consists , not in the absolute number , but in its extending beyond the means of subsistence . While there is food , numbers are advantageous . Their increase is a good , provided the means ...
Page 178
... population compared with the means of subsistence has been overlooked , its influence .on the absolute amount has been greatly over- rated . Even during the late destructive contests , the population of the greater part of Europe in ...
... population compared with the means of subsistence has been overlooked , its influence .on the absolute amount has been greatly over- rated . Even during the late destructive contests , the population of the greater part of Europe in ...
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Page 183 - Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains and exalted above the hills and all nations shall flow unto it." (Micah iv.): 1 . " But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains...
Page 85 - Well, Master, Thou hast said the truth: for there is one God ; and there is none other but He : and to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, He said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.
Page 34 - THEY also are to be had accursed that presume to say, That every man shall be saved by the Law or Sect which he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to that Law, and the light of Nature. For Holy Scripture doth set out unto us only the Name of Jesus Christ, whereby men must be saved.
Page 89 - For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Page 93 - I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Page 5 - Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron...
Page 5 - For the mystery of iniquity doth already work ; only he who now letteth will let until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his. coming...
Page 37 - The Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the love that Christians ought to have among themselves one to another, but rather is a sacrament of our redemption by Christ's death : insomuch, that to such as rightly, worthily, and with faith receive the same, the bread which we break is a partaking of the body of Christ ; and likewise the cup of blessing is a partaking of the blood of Christ.
Page 13 - And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
Page 104 - And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us, in the likeness of men.