A sketch of the denominations of the Christian worldB. Crosby & Company, 1807 - 272 pages |
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... moral and religious improvement .. In this imperfect state to see just alike , with respect to the doctrines of revelation , is impossible ; though surely it is in the power of every individual , acknowledging the divinity of the ...
... moral and religious improvement .. In this imperfect state to see just alike , with respect to the doctrines of revelation , is impossible ; though surely it is in the power of every individual , acknowledging the divinity of the ...
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... moral good and evil , deny that God takes any notice of the morally good or evil actions of men , these things depending , as they imagine , on the arbi- trary constitution of human laws . " A third sort of Deists there are , who having ...
... moral good and evil , deny that God takes any notice of the morally good or evil actions of men , these things depending , as they imagine , on the arbi- trary constitution of human laws . " A third sort of Deists there are , who having ...
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... moral lives shew , plainly and undeniably that they are not real Deists , but mere Atheists , and con- sequently not capable to judge of the truth of Christianity . The present Deists are of two sorts only , those who believe , and ...
... moral lives shew , plainly and undeniably that they are not real Deists , but mere Atheists , and con- sequently not capable to judge of the truth of Christianity . The present Deists are of two sorts only , those who believe , and ...
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... morals is , love to God and good - will to men . Dr. John Walker , a medical gentleman , author of the Universal Gazetteer , published the manual of the sect , from which a few parti culars shall be extracted .. " The temple , the most ...
... morals is , love to God and good - will to men . Dr. John Walker , a medical gentleman , author of the Universal Gazetteer , published the manual of the sect , from which a few parti culars shall be extracted .. " The temple , the most ...
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... moral inscriptions , a simple altar on which they deposit , as a sign of gratitude for the benefits of the Creator , such flowers or fruits as the seasons afford , and a tribune of the lectures and discourses , form the whole of the ...
... moral inscriptions , a simple altar on which they deposit , as a sign of gratitude for the benefits of the Creator , such flowers or fruits as the seasons afford , and a tribune of the lectures and discourses , form the whole of the ...
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Page 223 - And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Page 263 - If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God.
Page viii - Trust ye not in lying words, saying: — "The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord are these.
Page 83 - A. — In the exposition of the faith by the Eastern Patriarchs it is said that the word Transubstantiation is not to be taken to define the manner in which the bread and wine are changed into the body and blood of the Lord...
Page 224 - 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 104 - 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 87 - ... even from such as are reserved for the cognizance of the holy see; and as far as the...
Page 249 - On this occasion, it would ill become me to conceal the joy I have felt in perceiving the fraternal affection, which appears to increase every day among the friends of genuine religion. It affords edifying prospects, indeed, to see Christians of different denominations dwell together in more charity, and conduct themselves in respect to each other with a more Christian-like spirit, than ever they have done in any former age, or in any other nation.
Page 87 - 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 196 - It is all old wives' fables to talk of the change of the Sabbath from the seventh to the first day.