The Works of M. de Voltaire: A treatise on tolerationJ. Newbery, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, S. Crowder, T. Davies, J. Coote, G. Kearsley, and B. Collins, at Salisbury., 1764 |
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... continued a long time obftinate , be- ing refolved to fentence John Calas , his fon , and Lavaiffe , to be broke upon the wheel , and his wife to be burnt at the ftake ; the other feven judges , rather more moderate , were at leaft for ...
... continued a long time obftinate , be- ing refolved to fentence John Calas , his fon , and Lavaiffe , to be broke upon the wheel , and his wife to be burnt at the ftake ; the other feven judges , rather more moderate , were at leaft for ...
Page 69
... continued to have them in the fame manner as they now have in modern Rome . Can we defire a stronger in- ftance , that the Romans looked upon tolera- tion tion as the most facred of all the laws of TREATISE upon TOLERATION . 69.
... continued to have them in the fame manner as they now have in modern Rome . Can we defire a stronger in- ftance , that the Romans looked upon tolera- tion tion as the most facred of all the laws of TREATISE upon TOLERATION . 69.
Page 87
... continued in a peaceable and flourishing condition . This long tranquility , fays . he § , was interrupted by + Chap . 39 , + Chap . 35 : $ Chap . 35 that execrable animal Decius , who began to opprefs the TREATISE Upon TOLERATION . 87.
... continued in a peaceable and flourishing condition . This long tranquility , fays . he § , was interrupted by + Chap . 39 , + Chap . 35 : $ Chap . 35 that execrable animal Decius , who began to opprefs the TREATISE Upon TOLERATION . 87.
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... continued clemency and favour to the Chriftians , muft not have been occafion- ed by fome intrigues with which we are at prefent unacquainted . From hence alfo , we may perceive the ab- furdity of that fabulous ftory of the Theban le ...
... continued clemency and favour to the Chriftians , muft not have been occafion- ed by fome intrigues with which we are at prefent unacquainted . From hence alfo , we may perceive the ab- furdity of that fabulous ftory of the Theban le ...
Page 124
... continued in brotherly love , peace , and charity with each other . What more no- ble lefion can we have of indulgence in our dif- putes , and of humility in regard to those things which we do not understand ? St. St. Paul , in his ...
... continued in brotherly love , peace , and charity with each other . What more no- ble lefion can we have of indulgence in our dif- putes , and of humility in regard to those things which we do not understand ? St. St. Paul , in his ...
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Page 71 - It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
Page 123 - But when I saw that they walked not uprightly, according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews...
Page 133 - Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
Page 171 - They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them : and they perished from among the congregation.
Page 172 - They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God ; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities : and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people ; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
Page 172 - They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
Page 173 - No eye shall see me : And disguiseth his face. In the dark they dig through houses, Which they had marked for themselves in the daytime : They know not the light. For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: If one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
Page 123 - For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
Page 157 - Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah...
Page 184 - But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth ; and he fent forth his armies, and deftroyed thofe murderers, and burnt up their city. Then faith he to his fervants, The wedding is ready, but they who were bidden were not worthy.