The Pillars of Priestcraft and Orthodoxy Shaken ...Mr. Cadell, Mr. Kearsley, 1768 |
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... honour and truth of christianity . And in the fecond place , I will plainly tell you the end and design of their pretensions to miracles . And And in the last place , make a particular ap- 6 The Pillars of PRIESTCRAFT.
... honour and truth of christianity . And in the fecond place , I will plainly tell you the end and design of their pretensions to miracles . And And in the last place , make a particular ap- 6 The Pillars of PRIESTCRAFT.
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... design with fuch dexterity , as one might have expected from them ; for they have be- ftowed as many wonders fometimes upon one perfon , as might have fainted half an order . And now , if any one is not fatisfied with fin's , and their ...
... design with fuch dexterity , as one might have expected from them ; for they have be- ftowed as many wonders fometimes upon one perfon , as might have fainted half an order . And now , if any one is not fatisfied with fin's , and their ...
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... design of his lord and mafter , the fen- tence , no doubt would be dreadful and of fatal effect , but when fo many excommunications are thundered out and published in a ludicrous unedifying manner , for the most trifling occa- fions ...
... design of his lord and mafter , the fen- tence , no doubt would be dreadful and of fatal effect , but when fo many excommunications are thundered out and published in a ludicrous unedifying manner , for the most trifling occa- fions ...
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... designs of their own , ordained that no bishop should go to court , unless immediately fummoned by the emperor's letters , or that their affistance was required to right the widow , or orphans , and to rescue them from the unjust grafps ...
... designs of their own , ordained that no bishop should go to court , unless immediately fummoned by the emperor's letters , or that their affistance was required to right the widow , or orphans , and to rescue them from the unjust grafps ...
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... designs , to promote their own interest , vanity and pride , have taken advantage of the weakness and ignorance of their fellow crea- tures ; and it is not improbable to fuppofe , fometimes under the particular direction and affiftance ...
... designs , to promote their own interest , vanity and pride , have taken advantage of the weakness and ignorance of their fellow crea- tures ; and it is not improbable to fuppofe , fometimes under the particular direction and affiftance ...
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