A Theological Dictionary: Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms; a Comprehensive View of Every Article in The System of Divinity; an Impartial Account of All The Principle Denominations ... Together with an Accurate Statement of the Most Remarkable Transactions and Events Recorded in Ecclesiastical History, Volume 2Whitehall: Printed for W. W. Woodward, no.52, corner of Chestnut and Second streets, 1807 - Theology |
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... persecution of Stephen , Acts vi , 9. cipally in Holland and Brabant . Dr. Guyse supposes that those who Their leaders were one Quintin , a had obtained this privilege by gift Picard , Fockesius , Ruffus , and were called liberti ( free ...
... persecution of Stephen , Acts vi , 9. cipally in Holland and Brabant . Dr. Guyse supposes that those who Their leaders were one Quintin , a had obtained this privilege by gift Picard , Fockesius , Ruffus , and were called liberti ( free ...
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... persecution generally advances rather than obstructs the spreading of a religion , Islamism made so great a progress among the Arab tribes , that the Koreish , to sup- press it effectually , if possible , in the seventh year of ...
... persecution generally advances rather than obstructs the spreading of a religion , Islamism made so great a progress among the Arab tribes , that the Koreish , to sup- press it effectually , if possible , in the seventh year of ...
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... were those injuries which were offered not firmly resolved to defend , and them on account of their faith ; not betray him , they had better and , when persecuted himself , 1 chose rather to quit the place offensive and defensive MAH MAH ...
... were those injuries which were offered not firmly resolved to defend , and them on account of their faith ; not betray him , they had better and , when persecuted himself , 1 chose rather to quit the place offensive and defensive MAH MAH ...
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... persecuted him on account of his doctrine . They add , that , after the death of Hormizdas , Varanes I , his successor , first protected Manes , but afterwards gave him up to the fury of the Magi , whose resentment against him was due ...
... persecuted him on account of his doctrine . They add , that , after the death of Hormizdas , Varanes I , his successor , first protected Manes , but afterwards gave him up to the fury of the Magi , whose resentment against him was due ...
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... persecution . counts of their singular constancy Perhaps this consideration might and fortitude under the cruellest excite many to court martyrdom , torments human nature was capa- ble of suffering . The primitive Christians were ...
... persecution . counts of their singular constancy Perhaps this consideration might and fortitude under the cruellest excite many to court martyrdom , torments human nature was capa- ble of suffering . The primitive Christians were ...
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Page 416 - The supreme Judge, by which all controversies of religion are to be determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient writers, doctrines of men, and private spirits, are to be examined, and in whose sentence we are to rest, can be no other but the Holy Spirit speaking in the Scripture.
Page 469 - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Page 310 - And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
Page 183 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and CHANGED the glory of the uncorruptible God into AN IMAGE made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Page 303 - And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. 9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Page 227 - He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Page 124 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them. And I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God...
Page 124 - And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled : and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Page 142 - ... is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often raised into the greatest transports of mirth, who are subject to the greatest depressions of melancholy : on the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents us from falling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment ; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with...
Page 275 - Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves ; who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.