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... affirms , that " this is not much to believe ; " that " we have reason , we owe this faith unto history ; " and that " they only had the advantage of a bold and noble faith , who lived before his coming ; and , upon obscure prophecies ...
... affirms , that " this is not much to believe ; " that " we have reason , we owe this faith unto history ; " and that " they only had the advantage of a bold and noble faith , who lived before his coming ; and , upon obscure prophecies ...
Page xxxix
... affirms to be the individual here spoken of ; the same Sir Thomas Dutton who killed Sir Hatton Cheke in a duel . " In allusion to which , very possibly , it was that Browne composed the following lines , pre- served in MS . Sloan . 1869 ...
... affirms to be the individual here spoken of ; the same Sir Thomas Dutton who killed Sir Hatton Cheke in a duel . " In allusion to which , very possibly , it was that Browne composed the following lines , pre- served in MS . Sloan . 1869 ...
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... affirms , from his own knowledge , the certainty of witchcraft . This last article of his belief was not so harmless as his other fanciful opinions ; for Dr. Hutchinson , in his sensible Essay on Witchcraft , animadverting upon a trial ...
... affirms , from his own knowledge , the certainty of witchcraft . This last article of his belief was not so harmless as his other fanciful opinions ; for Dr. Hutchinson , in his sensible Essay on Witchcraft , animadverting upon a trial ...
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... affirm , he was the wisest of all men since ; or if , as others have conceived , he was not igno- rant of the fall of the angels , and had thereby example and punishment to deter him . They were deceived from themselves , and their own ...
... affirm , he was the wisest of all men since ; or if , as others have conceived , he was not igno- rant of the fall of the angels , and had thereby example and punishment to deter him . They were deceived from themselves , and their own ...
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... affirm His justice will not exact account of sinners , or punish such as continue in their transgressions . Thus may we perceive how weakly our fathers did err be- fore the flood ; how continually , and upon common dis- course , they ...
... affirm His justice will not exact account of sinners , or punish such as continue in their transgressions . Thus may we perceive how weakly our fathers did err be- fore the flood ; how continually , and upon common dis- course , they ...
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Page xxxviii - Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato to unfold What worlds, or what vast regions, hold The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook...
Page 348 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Page 31 - Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down ; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Page 433 - So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.