The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate1861 |
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... English history ; an interesting subject in itself , but it took up time and was not connected with the matter in hand : far better for the society , for which the meeting was held , to have had its claims advocated , and its operations ...
... English history ; an interesting subject in itself , but it took up time and was not connected with the matter in hand : far better for the society , for which the meeting was held , to have had its claims advocated , and its operations ...
Page 68
... English Evangelical Clergy . " It is rather amusing , though meant , no doubt , to be read with proper gravity . The burden of it is , that whereas the founders of the Evangelical school were good men and true , their successors are but ...
... English Evangelical Clergy . " It is rather amusing , though meant , no doubt , to be read with proper gravity . The burden of it is , that whereas the founders of the Evangelical school were good men and true , their successors are but ...
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... English reformers expressly limited their commissioners to the removal and destruction of " superstitious monuments . " The rapacity of landlords , and the folly of the people , did all the rest ; and we may add , that some of our most ...
... English reformers expressly limited their commissioners to the removal and destruction of " superstitious monuments . " The rapacity of landlords , and the folly of the people , did all the rest ; and we may add , that some of our most ...
Page 83
... English travellers from all the annoyances of the odious passport system , shows at least his anxiety at this moment to stand well with England , and deserves a courteous acknowledgment . The designs of France with regard to Italy were ...
... English travellers from all the annoyances of the odious passport system , shows at least his anxiety at this moment to stand well with England , and deserves a courteous acknowledgment . The designs of France with regard to Italy were ...
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... English law ; he can neither examine a witness nor instruct a jury ; and the jury are more ignorant than the coroner . They are selected from the lowest class of housekeepers , to whom a few shillings , the fee for their at- tendance ...
... English law ; he can neither examine a witness nor instruct a jury ; and the jury are more ignorant than the coroner . They are selected from the lowest class of housekeepers , to whom a few shillings , the fee for their at- tendance ...
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Page 449 - WE are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works or deservings...
Page 469 - Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear : For our God is a consuming fire.
Page 294 - Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Page 468 - And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Page 281 - THE Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith : And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another.
Page 166 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven ; and they were destroyed from the earth : and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.