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... fact , even as we may shut our eyes against the light of day ; our sloth , our cowardice , and our avarice , may lead us to wish that the fact were otherwise . But , there , the fact stands out in the blaze of scriptural light , clear ...
... fact , even as we may shut our eyes against the light of day ; our sloth , our cowardice , and our avarice , may lead us to wish that the fact were otherwise . But , there , the fact stands out in the blaze of scriptural light , clear ...
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... fact ? Witness , ye Privy Councils , whose libertine nobles and crafty priestmen strove to outvie , under pretext of law , the blackest deeds of a Spanish Inquisition ! Wit- ness , ye Courts of High Commission , armed with power to ...
... fact ? Witness , ye Privy Councils , whose libertine nobles and crafty priestmen strove to outvie , under pretext of law , the blackest deeds of a Spanish Inquisition ! Wit- ness , ye Courts of High Commission , armed with power to ...
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... fact , she has in every age and nation done so , is what , with pain and sorrow , must be admitted . But we are not prepared to admit the ne- cessity of her so doing . We are not prepared to admit that the Church -a living organized ...
... fact , she has in every age and nation done so , is what , with pain and sorrow , must be admitted . But we are not prepared to admit the ne- cessity of her so doing . We are not prepared to admit that the Church -a living organized ...
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... fact - the unprecedentedness of this Di- vine favour - that lays us under overpowering obligations to maintain our light in undiminished brightness , and hold it up for the illumination of a benighted world ? And if the mighty dead ...
... fact - the unprecedentedness of this Di- vine favour - that lays us under overpowering obligations to maintain our light in undiminished brightness , and hold it up for the illumination of a benighted world ? And if the mighty dead ...
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... fact , I dare not proceed further now . The peculiarities of my present position forbid me . But having , as a stranger from distant Gentile realms , humbly endeavoured to plead your cause among the millions of this com- paratively ...
... fact , I dare not proceed further now . The peculiarities of my present position forbid me . But having , as a stranger from distant Gentile realms , humbly endeavoured to plead your cause among the millions of this com- paratively ...
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Page 149 - And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Page 150 - So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
Page 140 - O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; Happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Page 145 - Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
Page 149 - Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things...
Page 144 - For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, And floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, And my blessing upon thine offspring: And they shall spring up as among the grass, As willows by the water courses.
Page 148 - For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge ! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
Page 149 - And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
Page 138 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Page 154 - Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord ; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.