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 |
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... nations of the east , except the Mahometans , believe the metempsychosis as the most im- portant article of their faith ; es- pecially the inhabitants of Thibet and Ava , the Peguans , Siamese , the greatest part of the Chinese bitation ...
... nations of the east , except the Mahometans , believe the metempsychosis as the most im- portant article of their faith ; es- pecially the inhabitants of Thibet and Ava , the Peguans , Siamese , the greatest part of the Chinese bitation ...
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... nation , as under the peculiar do- minion of God , as their supreme magistrate ; and never , except in things relative to moral equity , was binding on any but the He- brew nation . Moral law is that declaration of God's will which ...
... nation , as under the peculiar do- minion of God , as their supreme magistrate ; and never , except in things relative to moral equity , was binding on any but the He- brew nation . Moral law is that declaration of God's will which ...
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... nations , are those rules which by a tacit consent are agreed upon among all communities , at least among those who are reckon - scriptures , particularly the Septu- ed the polite and humanized part of mankind . Gill's Body of Div ...
... nations , are those rules which by a tacit consent are agreed upon among all communities , at least among those who are reckon - scriptures , particularly the Septu- ed the polite and humanized part of mankind . Gill's Body of Div ...
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... nations in war able authors would have perished and peace ? -to Christians . To if it had not been for the monas- whom for jurisprudence , and for teries . In the ninth century the political knowledge , and for set- Saracens were very ...
... nations in war able authors would have perished and peace ? -to Christians . To if it had not been for the monas- whom for jurisprudence , and for teries . In the ninth century the political knowledge , and for set- Saracens were very ...
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... nations , and people : of the infant of a span , and the sin- ner of a hundred years old : a re- demption generous in its principle , generous in its price , generous in its effects ; fixed sentiments of Di- vine munificence , and ...
... nations , and people : of the infant of a span , and the sin- ner of a hundred years old : a re- demption generous in its principle , generous in its price , generous in its effects ; fixed sentiments of Di- vine munificence , and ...
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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.