The Lion [ed. by R. Carlile]., Volume 2 |
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... never be outraged either by God or man , without her most ample revenge . " All her laws subverted quite , Great nature triumphs still . " It was Christianity alone that ever afforded humanity the abominable insult , of maintaining ...
... never be outraged either by God or man , without her most ample revenge . " All her laws subverted quite , Great nature triumphs still . " It was Christianity alone that ever afforded humanity the abominable insult , of maintaining ...
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... never says one thing , when nature says another . And hence it is , that in our Theatres , where there is really ... never , never yet did un- believers pour down crusading armies on their shores , pillage their fields , destroy their ...
... never says one thing , when nature says another . And hence it is , that in our Theatres , where there is really ... never , never yet did un- believers pour down crusading armies on their shores , pillage their fields , destroy their ...
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... never unjust even to their enemies , nor cruel to friend or foe . And what was the mighty provocation that induced such men to depart from consistency , and to exhibit towards Christians alone an intolerance that they had never before ...
... never unjust even to their enemies , nor cruel to friend or foe . And what was the mighty provocation that induced such men to depart from consistency , and to exhibit towards Christians alone an intolerance that they had never before ...
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... never professed that their feelings were under any supernatural restraint : it is impossible not to see , that men who could address their Pagan Emperors in such a style , could never have feared from them the animadversion that such a ...
... never professed that their feelings were under any supernatural restraint : it is impossible not to see , that men who could address their Pagan Emperors in such a style , could never have feared from them the animadversion that such a ...
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... never so much as encountered the contradiction of an unbe- liever , never had to fear even an inconvenience , never wrote in the advocacy of Christianity , but in the sure prospect of fame and honour , never preached for it , but upon ...
... never so much as encountered the contradiction of an unbe- liever , never had to fear even an inconvenience , never wrote in the advocacy of Christianity , but in the sure prospect of fame and honour , never preached for it , but upon ...
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Page 25 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Page 305 - And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
Page 22 - But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, to reveal his son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood ; neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me ; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
Page 25 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 165 - For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right...
Page 406 - God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things...
Page 5 - But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled...
Page 68 - Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king : for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments.
Page 25 - Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: 19. That say, Let Him make speed, and hasten His work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
Page 26 - Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.