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... feel a difficulty in addressing my various and numerous friends and subscribers on account of the debt of gratitude I owe , and the length of time which has elapsed since I first commenced this work . Such has been the uncommon ...
... feel a difficulty in addressing my various and numerous friends and subscribers on account of the debt of gratitude I owe , and the length of time which has elapsed since I first commenced this work . Such has been the uncommon ...
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... feeling indignant at the calumny with which the new religion was branded , seized this opportunity for publishing what I consider an incom- parable work . He prefixed also an admirable preface to the king himself , and if he could from ...
... feeling indignant at the calumny with which the new religion was branded , seized this opportunity for publishing what I consider an incom- parable work . He prefixed also an admirable preface to the king himself , and if he could from ...
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... feel his most ardent prayers without the soul being elevated almost to heaven itself . Viret so excelled in a sweet persua sive eloquence , that his hearers were compelled to hang upon his lips . Calvin filled the minds of his hearers ...
... feel his most ardent prayers without the soul being elevated almost to heaven itself . Viret so excelled in a sweet persua sive eloquence , that his hearers were compelled to hang upon his lips . Calvin filled the minds of his hearers ...
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... feeling very indignant at such a proceeding , published a very grave admonition to Charles for his having thus placed the heretics on a level with the Catholics , and for putting his scythe into a crop which belonged to another ...
... feeling very indignant at such a proceeding , published a very grave admonition to Charles for his having thus placed the heretics on a level with the Catholics , and for putting his scythe into a crop which belonged to another ...
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... feeling . Calvin in the mean time strengthened the hands of the persecuted , by keeping up a constant corres- pondence with them . I will give a brief statement of the whole proceedings with Gentilis , and an account of the death of ...
... feeling . Calvin in the mean time strengthened the hands of the persecuted , by keeping up a constant corres- pondence with them . I will give a brief statement of the whole proceedings with Gentilis , and an account of the death of ...
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Page 295 - For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing : for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Page 232 - Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (for until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Page 503 - Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another...
Page 102 - Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (but was let hitherto) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. 14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians ; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
Page 104 - For I am not ashamed of the gospel of [Christ] : for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth ; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Page 380 - For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion...
Page 470 - Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Page 542 - For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Page 552 - For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure ; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
Page 527 - Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.