Religious Ceremonies and Customs, Or, The Forms of Worship Practised by the Several Nations of the Known World, from the Earliest Records to the Present Time: On the Basis of the Celebrated and Splendid Work of Bernard Picart : to which is Added, A Brief View of Minor Sects, which Exist at the Present Day ...

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Hutchison and Dwier, 1834 - Religions - 576 pages
 

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Page 70 - And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Page 70 - And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer : the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Page 81 - And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Arabia, for him they shall always adore : they shall bless him all the day.
Page 109 - I know no man in all Arabia who can-offer hi* kindred a more excellent thing than I now do to you ; I offer you happiness, both in this life, and in that which is to come : God Almighty hath commanded me to call you unto him. Vvho, therefore, among you, will be assistant to me herein, and become my brother and my vicegerent...
Page 119 - Nor is this to be wondered at, when it is considered that the...
Page 108 - Khadijah received the news with great joy ; swearing by him in whose hands her soul was, that she trusted he would be the prophet of his nation...
Page 104 - His mother suffered none of the pangs of travail At the moment of his coming into the world, a celestial light illumined the surrounding country, and the new-born child, raising his eyes to heaven, exclaimed: "God is great ! There is no God but God, and I am his prophet.
Page 171 - Apostle ; and whose usual title, when he subscribes any letter, or missive, is " by the mercy of God, Archbishop of Constantinople, the New Rome and (Ecumenical Patriarch.
Page 77 - Blessed art thou, O Lord, our God, king of the universe, who hath sanctified us with his commandments, and hath forbid us fornication, and hath prohibited unto us the betrothed, but hath allowed unto us those that are married unto us by the means of the canopy and the wedding-ring. Blessed art thou, O Lord ! the sanctifier of his people Israel, by the means of the canopy and wedlock.
Page 164 - They insist that the sacrament of the Lord's supper ought to be administered in both kinds, and they give the sacrament to children immediately after baptism. They grant no indulgences, nor do they lay any claim to the character of infallibility, like the church of Rome.

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