Vindiciae Christianae: a Comparative Estimate of the Genius and Temper of the Greek, the Roman, the Hindu, the Mahometan, and the Christian ReligionsT. Cadell, 1826 - 682 páginas |
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... DEVOTION . Sect . 1. Spirit of Greek and Roman devotion — Minute , impure , and sanguinary observances - Magic - Evocation - External forms more important than motive - The service prescribed political or mischievous . Sect . 11. The ...
... DEVOTION . Sect . 1. Spirit of Greek and Roman devotion — Minute , impure , and sanguinary observances - Magic - Evocation - External forms more important than motive - The service prescribed political or mischievous . Sect . 11. The ...
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... devotion is he likely to excite in the breast of his deluded votaries . They exult in their shame , and make a merit with their deity in braving , for his sake , all the ridicule and con- tumely of his enemies . " Hume , Nat . Hist . of ...
... devotion is he likely to excite in the breast of his deluded votaries . They exult in their shame , and make a merit with their deity in braving , for his sake , all the ridicule and con- tumely of his enemies . " Hume , Nat . Hist . of ...
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... devotions with equal zeal , to the young divinities of pleasure and of love , and to the deified furies of vengeance and of ferocity . * In the rites of the stern and sanguinary Matta , the worshipper was induced to tear out his tongue ...
... devotions with equal zeal , to the young divinities of pleasure and of love , and to the deified furies of vengeance and of ferocity . * In the rites of the stern and sanguinary Matta , the worshipper was induced to tear out his tongue ...
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... devotion and zeal , they presume to enter the temples , or prostrate them- selves before the images , of their gods , the disco- very of the profanation excites the universal horror of priest and people . The act of impiety is deplored ...
... devotion and zeal , they presume to enter the temples , or prostrate them- selves before the images , of their gods , the disco- very of the profanation excites the universal horror of priest and people . The act of impiety is deplored ...
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... devotions , are so many merits , precious in the eyes of God , and worthy of the interposition and favour of his be- nignity . They are found weighty in the balance , not so much for domestic or social virtue , as for com- pliance with ...
... devotions , are so many merits , precious in the eyes of God , and worthy of the interposition and favour of his be- nignity . They are found weighty in the balance , not so much for domestic or social virtue , as for com- pliance with ...
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Página 341 - And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out ? How much then is a man better than a sheep ? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
Página 344 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Página 467 - And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Página 180 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill ; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment : but I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment...
Página 296 - Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet'; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.' '"Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Página 141 - And behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Página 396 - But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Página 295 - But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth : that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret Himself shall reward thee openly.
Página 244 - Let him that stole, steal no more ; but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Página 50 - GOD! there is no GOD but he; the living, the self-subsisting: neither slumber nor sleep seizeth him; to him belongeth whatsoever is in heaven, and on earth. Who is he that can intercede with him, but through his good pleasure? He knoweth that which is past, and that which is to come unto them, and they shall not comprehend anything of his knowledge, but so far as he pleaseth.