The History and Fate of Sacrilege

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J. Masters, 1853 - 371 pages

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Page 14 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Page 13 - They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
Page 111 - So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous : verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Page 25 - Of a Christian Man's Oath. AS we confess that vain and rash swearing is forbidden Christian men by our Lord Jesus Christ, and James his Apostle; so we judge that Christian Religion doth not prohibit, but that a man may swear when the Magistrate requireth, in a cause of faith and charity, so it be done according to the Prophet's teaching, in justice, judgment, and truth.
Page 117 - The cold sweat melted from their limbs, Nor rot nor reek did they: The look with which they looked on me Had never passed away. An orphan's curse would drag to hell A spirit from on high; But oh ! more horrible than that Is the curse in a dead man's eye ! Seven days, seven nights, I saw that curse, And yet I could not die.
Page 58 - Be it far from me, for them that honour me I will honour, but they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Page 118 - When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Page 75 - And to make you, that are trusted with their preservation, the better to understand the danger of it, I beseech you forget not, that, to prevent these Curses, the Church's land and power have been also endeavoured to be preserved, as far as human reason and the law of this nation have been able to preserve them, by an immediate and most sacred obligation on the consciences of the Princes of this realm. For they that consult Magna Charta shall find, that as all your predecessors were at their Coronation,...
Page 206 - (saith he) ' that my bill will not pass, but I will have it pass, or I will have some of your heads,' and without other rhetoric or persuasion returned to his chamber. Enough was said, the bill passed, and all was given him as he desired.
Page 11 - This is a remarkable little book, in more points of view than one. It is remarkable as the production of a very young person, whose mind seems to have acquired a growth far beyond its years, and to have seized upon sound religious opinions, even in deep matters, without effort.

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