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... the least sympathy in the Christian , is the destruction of idolatry , which they every where threatened and attempted to realize . Thus it is that mind governs at last . The Persian kings with their THE PERSIAN EMPIRE . 55.
... the least sympathy in the Christian , is the destruction of idolatry , which they every where threatened and attempted to realize . Thus it is that mind governs at last . The Persian kings with their THE PERSIAN EMPIRE . 55.
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... kings and generals , armies and revolutions , are all equally used to accom- plish the purposes of that Eternal Mind who sitteth supreme over all ... king of Lydia , so famous for his riches . This monarch , puffed 56 THE PERSIAN EMPIRE .
... kings and generals , armies and revolutions , are all equally used to accom- plish the purposes of that Eternal Mind who sitteth supreme over all ... king of Lydia , so famous for his riches . This monarch , puffed 56 THE PERSIAN EMPIRE .
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... king of Persia , in the highest degree , and kindled in his breast such a flame of resentment that he resolved upon re- venge . Lest in his multifarious affairs he should for- get the offenders , he appointed an officer , whose duty it ...
... king of Persia , in the highest degree , and kindled in his breast such a flame of resentment that he resolved upon re- venge . Lest in his multifarious affairs he should for- get the offenders , he appointed an officer , whose duty it ...
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... king beheld all the Hellespont crowded with ships , and all the shore , with the plains of Abydos , covered with his troops , he at first congratulated himself as happy , but he afterwards burst into tears . " Let us place ourselves in ...
... king beheld all the Hellespont crowded with ships , and all the shore , with the plains of Abydos , covered with his troops , he at first congratulated himself as happy , but he afterwards burst into tears . " Let us place ourselves in ...
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... kings in Persia , and the fourth shall be far richer than they all , and by his strength and through his riches , he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia . " Of this great attempt of Xerxes against Greece , I gave an account in ...
... kings in Persia , and the fourth shall be far richer than they all , and by his strength and through his riches , he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia . " Of this great attempt of Xerxes against Greece , I gave an account in ...
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Page 145 - Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Page 252 - For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles; but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
Page 130 - Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
Page 143 - Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
Page 227 - And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have > testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
Page 153 - And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying. And what shall we do? And he said unto them. Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
Page 144 - Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his Anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
Page 183 - Lord of all ;) that word, (I say) ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost, and with power ; who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil: for God was with him.
Page 131 - Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again : but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst ; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
Page 227 - Moreover, brethren I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand, by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures...