An Essay on Spirit: Wherein the Doctrine of the Trinity is Considered in the Light of Nature and Reason : as Well as in the Light in which it was Held by the Ancient Hebrews : Compared Also with the Doctrine of the Old and New Testament : with an Inquiry Into the Sentiments of the Primitive Fathers of the Church : and the Doctrine of the Trinity as Maintained by the Egyptians, Pythagoreans and Platonists : Together with Some Remarks on the Athanasian and Nicene Creeds |
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... whole Council of Apostles , when af- fembled at Jerusalem , affented to en- join thofe [ 4 ] Jewish Profelytes , who , from among the Gentiles , were turn- ed unto God , to continue for fome [ 2 ] Acts xviii . 1 . [ 3 ] Acts xxi . 24 ...
... whole Council of Apostles , when af- fembled at Jerusalem , affented to en- join thofe [ 4 ] Jewish Profelytes , who , from among the Gentiles , were turn- ed unto God , to continue for fome [ 2 ] Acts xviii . 1 . [ 3 ] Acts xxi . 24 ...
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... whole Fabric . With humble Submiffion how- ever to these cautious Gentlemen , I am under less Apprehenfion for the Church than for the State : For , as to the Chriftian Religion in general , we have the fure Word of Pro- phecy , that ...
... whole Fabric . With humble Submiffion how- ever to these cautious Gentlemen , I am under less Apprehenfion for the Church than for the State : For , as to the Chriftian Religion in general , we have the fure Word of Pro- phecy , that ...
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... whole Com- munity are expected to join . He thinks , that he need not in- form Your GRACE , That that Creed , which is commonly called the Athanafian Creed , hath of a long Time given Offence , and conti- nueth to give great Offence to ...
... whole Com- munity are expected to join . He thinks , that he need not in- form Your GRACE , That that Creed , which is commonly called the Athanafian Creed , hath of a long Time given Offence , and conti- nueth to give great Offence to ...
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... whole Performance . It is indeed prohibited by the Act of Uniformity , under fevere Penalties , for any Perfon to preach , declare , or speak any thing to the Dero- Derogation or depraving the Book of Common - Prayer , lviii DEDICATION .
... whole Performance . It is indeed prohibited by the Act of Uniformity , under fevere Penalties , for any Perfon to preach , declare , or speak any thing to the Dero- Derogation or depraving the Book of Common - Prayer , lviii DEDICATION .
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... whole Momentum of it : Since , as Nothing can act where it is not , that Power whereby any Body continues in Motion , is as much the Effect of fome concomitant Spirit , as the Power which put it first in Motion . IX . That Power alfo ...
... whole Momentum of it : Since , as Nothing can act where it is not , that Power whereby any Body continues in Motion , is as much the Effect of fome concomitant Spirit , as the Power which put it first in Motion . IX . That Power alfo ...
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Abraham affert againſt alfo alſo Angel Anſwer Arians Athanafian Creed Athanafius Author becauſe begotten Biſhop called Caufe Cauſe Children of Ifrael Chriftian Church Council of Nice declare Defign defire diftinct divine Doctrine Efay Effay on Spirit Effence Eſſay eſtabliſhed exifted Exiſtence Exod exprefs faid faid unto faith fame Father fays fecond feems feen fent fhall fhew fhould fignifies fince firft firſt fome fpeaking fuch fufficient fuppofe fure God the Father hath Heaven himſelf Holy Spirit Irenæus itſelf Jefus Chrift Jehovah Jews Lord manifeft ment Mofes moft moſt muft muſt Myſtery Name neceffary Nicene Creed Number obferved Occafion Opinion Paffage Perfon Plato pleaſed poffibly pofitively Power prefent Prophet Reaſon Religion Sabellians ſaid ſay Scriptures ſeems Senfe Senſe Septuagint ſhall ſpeak Subftance Teftament thee thefe themſelves ther theſe Things thofe thoſe thou tion Tranflation Trinity underſtand underſtood Univerſe uſe Word καὶ τὸ
Popular passages
Page 69 - And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
Page 46 - But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 56 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
Page 108 - Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying : — " Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife : for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
Page 58 - And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD : and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Page 93 - I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea ; and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud, and in the sea ; and did all eat the same spiritual meat, and did all drink the same spiritual drink ; (for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them ; and that Rock was CHRIST.) But with many of them GOD was not well pleased; for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
Page 66 - And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
Page 56 - God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them ; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: and it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these : so that the one came not near the other all the night.
Page 50 - Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth : While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
Page 65 - And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.