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... Emperor Marcus Antoninus and his Perfe- cution of the Chriftians . CHAP . V. The Martyrdom of Polycarp . CHAP . VI . The Martyrs of Lyons and Vienne . CHAP . VII . The State of Chriftians under the Reigns of Com- modus , Pertinax , and ...
... Emperor Marcus Antoninus and his Perfe- cution of the Chriftians . CHAP . V. The Martyrdom of Polycarp . CHAP . VI . The Martyrs of Lyons and Vienne . CHAP . VII . The State of Chriftians under the Reigns of Com- modus , Pertinax , and ...
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... emperor or a prelate . The commiffion of this crime in- ftantly converts virtues into vices : The mildeft government becomes oppreffion or tyranny ; and the most exemplary piety is accused of fraud , hypocrify and bigotry . The moft ...
... emperor or a prelate . The commiffion of this crime in- ftantly converts virtues into vices : The mildeft government becomes oppreffion or tyranny ; and the most exemplary piety is accused of fraud , hypocrify and bigotry . The moft ...
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... emperor Theodofius in the following terms : →→→ Herefolved to reduce his Chriftian fubjects to uniformity with his own opinions , which he pre- fumed to be thofe of the Scriptures . Inftead of union in the one head Chrift , held in ...
... emperor Theodofius in the following terms : →→→ Herefolved to reduce his Chriftian fubjects to uniformity with his own opinions , which he pre- fumed to be thofe of the Scriptures . Inftead of union in the one head Chrift , held in ...
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... emperor as ample a toleration as could reasonably be defired . Heavy and tyran nical penalties were denounced in edicts against the reft , which , however , do not appear to have been executed . The denunciation of them itself was ...
... emperor as ample a toleration as could reasonably be defired . Heavy and tyran nical penalties were denounced in edicts against the reft , which , however , do not appear to have been executed . The denunciation of them itself was ...
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... emperor Theodofius in the most unfeeling , indifcrimi- nate , and unwarrantable language : That he has written naufeous and difgufting encomiums on the lenity of Julian the apoftate : That he has reviled with illiberal contempt , and ...
... emperor Theodofius in the most unfeeling , indifcrimi- nate , and unwarrantable language : That he has written naufeous and difgufting encomiums on the lenity of Julian the apoftate : That he has reviled with illiberal contempt , and ...
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Page 233 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancied life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.
Page 242 - Thou art, of what sort the eternal life of the saints was to be, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 390 - Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
Page 25 - Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
Page xxiv - For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour ; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus ; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
Page 18 - And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge.
Page 9 - ... name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Page 396 - ... in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak ? who is offended, and I burn not?
Page 207 - For it much more concerns them to punish those who refuse to worship them than you, if they be able. But you harass and vex the Christians, and accuse them of Atheism and other crimes, which you can by no means prove. To them it appears an advantage to die for their religion, and they gain their point, while they throw away their lives, rather than comply with your injunctions. As to the earthquakes, which have happened in...
Page 617 - Chrift ; who gave himfelf for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himfelf a peculiar people zealous of good works.