The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year MDCXLVIII.T. Tegg and son, 1837 - Great Britain |
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Page 289 - For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
Page 17 - Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
Page 292 - Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
Page 385 - He is not a Jew, which is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh. But he is a Jew which is one inwardly ; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit and .not in the letter; whose praise is not of men but of God."— Rom.
Page 197 - Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
Page 258 - He said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
Page 154 - Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Page 1 - Wherefore, remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, (who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands,) that at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world; but now in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Page 258 - And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed upon the earth; and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not how.
Page 498 - Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.