A sketch of the denominations of the Christian world1808 |
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... profess myself under similar obligations ; and am here proud of thus publicly rendering them my grateful acknowledgments . With respect to every edition , called for by an indulgent public , it has ( in compliance : with the request of ...
... profess myself under similar obligations ; and am here proud of thus publicly rendering them my grateful acknowledgments . With respect to every edition , called for by an indulgent public , it has ( in compliance : with the request of ...
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... professed by Christians , which men of sense having confounded with the genuine doctrines of revelation , they have rejected the whole at once , and without enquiry . 3. Impatience and un- willingness to persevere in the laborious task ...
... professed by Christians , which men of sense having confounded with the genuine doctrines of revelation , they have rejected the whole at once , and without enquiry . 3. Impatience and un- willingness to persevere in the laborious task ...
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... profess to adore God and love their fellow- creatures . Their common principle is a belief in the existence , perfections , and providence of God , and in the doctrine of a future life ; and their rule of morals is , love to God and ...
... profess to adore God and love their fellow- creatures . Their common principle is a belief in the existence , perfections , and providence of God , and in the doctrine of a future life ; and their rule of morals is , love to God and ...
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... professed principles comprehend the essence of the Chris- tian religion ; but not admitting the resurrection of Christ , the Theophilanthropists deprive them- selves of the only solid ground on which to build the hope of a future ...
... professed principles comprehend the essence of the Chris- tian religion ; but not admitting the resurrection of Christ , the Theophilanthropists deprive them- selves of the only solid ground on which to build the hope of a future ...
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... - ther under the auspices of the Divinity to the accomplishment of their duties . This simple worship , the sages of all nations have not ceased See to profess , and they have transmitted it down to THEOPHILANTHROPISTS . 19.
... - ther under the auspices of the Divinity to the accomplishment of their duties . This simple worship , the sages of all nations have not ceased See to profess , and they have transmitted it down to THEOPHILANTHROPISTS . 19.
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Page 217 - 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, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Page xxxiii - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the falling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Page 102 - I do not understand the doctrine of Luther, or Calvin, or Melancthon ; nor the confession of Augusta, or Geneva, nor the catechism of Heidelberg, nor the articles of the church of England, no nor the harmony of protestant confessions ; but that wherein they all agree, and which they all subscribe with a greater harmony, as a perfect rule of their faith and actions, that is, the Bible. The Bible, I say, the Bible only is the religion of protestants.
Page 103 - ... of scripture can derive itself from the fountain, but may be plainly proved either to have been brought in, in such an age after Christ, or that in such an age it was not in. In a word, there is no sufficient certainty, but of scripture only for any considering man to build upon.
Page 89 - May our Lord Jesus Christ have mercy upon thee, and absolve thee by the merits of his most holy passion. And I, by his authority, that of his blessed Apostles, Peter, and Paul, and of the most holy Pope, granted and committed to me in these parts do absolve thee, first from all ecclesiastical censures in whatever manner they have...
Page 33 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its Author ; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Page 89 - Paul, and of the most holy pope, granted and committed to me in these parts, do absolve thee, first from all ecclesiastical censures in whatever manner they have been incurred, and then from all thy sins, transgressions, and...
Page 253 - One part, one little part, we dimly scan Through the dark medium of life's feverish dream ; Yet dare arraign the whole stupendous plan, If but that little part incongruous seem. Nor is that part perhaps what mortals deem ; Oft from apparent ill our blessings rise. O then renounce that impious self-esteem, That aims to trace the secrets of the skies ; For thou art but of dust ; be humble, and be 'wise.
Page 100 - Mentz and archbishop of Magdeburg, who, as his chief agent for retailing them in Saxony, employed Tetzel, a Dominican friar of licentious morals, but of an active spirit, and remarkable for his noisy and popular eloquence.
Page 225 - My certainty that I am a man is before my certainty that there is a God, for Quod facit notum est magis notum', my certainty that there is a God is greater than my certainty that he requireth love and holiness of his creature...