Ecce Homo!D. I. Eaton, 1813 - 347 pages |
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... morality is preferable to obscure dogmas , and that peace is of greater value than the holy frenzy of the ministers of the gospel , We cannot , therefore , with too much earnestness ex- hort them , for their own sakes , to moderation ...
... morality is preferable to obscure dogmas , and that peace is of greater value than the holy frenzy of the ministers of the gospel , We cannot , therefore , with too much earnestness ex- hort them , for their own sakes , to moderation ...
Page 77
... morality , he accustoms himself to look on nothing as a crime , but that which the ministers and interpreters of heaven forbid him to commit . He thus considers actions of the blackest dye , which are held out to him as agreeable to God ...
... morality , he accustoms himself to look on nothing as a crime , but that which the ministers and interpreters of heaven forbid him to commit . He thus considers actions of the blackest dye , which are held out to him as agreeable to God ...
Page 93
... morality . Men always wait for the call from above to do good , and those who direct them never employ the calls from below , that is the natural motives , to excite them to vir- tue . But the clergy know not how to give a true ...
... morality . Men always wait for the call from above to do good , and those who direct them never employ the calls from below , that is the natural motives , to excite them to vir- tue . But the clergy know not how to give a true ...
Page 111
... they perceive in these answers a proof of the rough habit , repulsive and despotical spirit of Jesus , who , under pretext of the kingdom of heaven , obliged his disciples to neglect the most sacred duties of morality . But 111.
... they perceive in these answers a proof of the rough habit , repulsive and despotical spirit of Jesus , who , under pretext of the kingdom of heaven , obliged his disciples to neglect the most sacred duties of morality . But 111.
Page 112
... morality . But Christians , docile to the lessons of their divine master , which they dare not examine , have made perfection consist in a total abandonment of those objects which nature has rendered dearest to man . Christianity seems ...
... morality . But Christians , docile to the lessons of their divine master , which they dare not examine , have made perfection consist in a total abandonment of those objects which nature has rendered dearest to man . Christianity seems ...
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Page 193 - Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
Page 48 - Thus saith the Lord ; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord ; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
Page 49 - And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
Page 80 - Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh ; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
Page 22 - The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come ; And unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 32 - To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David ; and the virgin's name was Mary.
Page 33 - And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee : therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God.
Page 33 - And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary; for thou hast found favour with God. And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a Son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
Page 187 - He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall, we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
Page 96 - And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, saying, Let us alone ; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth ? art thou come to destroy us ? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.