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... present chapter.❤ The sectaries of a persecuted religion , depressed by fear , animated with resentment , and perhaps heated by enthusiasm , are seldom in a proper temper of mind calmly to investigate , or candidly to appreciate , the ...
... present chapter.❤ The sectaries of a persecuted religion , depressed by fear , animated with resentment , and perhaps heated by enthusiasm , are seldom in a proper temper of mind calmly to investigate , or candidly to appreciate , the ...
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... present of life and immortality , which was offered to mankind by Jesus of Nazareth . His mild constancy in the midst of cruel and voluntary sufferings , his universal benevolence , and the sublime simplicity of his actions and ...
... present of life and immortality , which was offered to mankind by Jesus of Nazareth . His mild constancy in the midst of cruel and voluntary sufferings , his universal benevolence , and the sublime simplicity of his actions and ...
Side 24
... present greatness of his own family alarmed the pusillanimous temper of Domitian , which could only be appeased by the blood of those Romans whom he either feared , or hated , or esteemed . Of the two sons of his uncle Flavius Sabinus ...
... present greatness of his own family alarmed the pusillanimous temper of Domitian , which could only be appeased by the blood of those Romans whom he either feared , or hated , or esteemed . Of the two sons of his uncle Flavius Sabinus ...
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... present altered into Gurbes ; and Dr. Shaw read an inscription , which styles that city Colonia Fulvia . The deacon Pontius ( in Vit . Cyprian . c . 12 ) calls it " Apricum et competentem ocum , hospitium pro voluntate secretum , et ...
... present altered into Gurbes ; and Dr. Shaw read an inscription , which styles that city Colonia Fulvia . The deacon Pontius ( in Vit . Cyprian . c . 12 ) calls it " Apricum et competentem ocum , hospitium pro voluntate secretum , et ...
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... present age will more readily " Cyprian . Epistol . 5 , 6 , 7 , 22 , 24 ; and de Unitat . Ecclesiæ . The oumber of pretended martyrs has been very much multiplied , by the custom which was introduced of bestowing that honorable name on ...
... present age will more readily " Cyprian . Epistol . 5 , 6 , 7 , 22 , 24 ; and de Unitat . Ecclesiæ . The oumber of pretended martyrs has been very much multiplied , by the custom which was introduced of bestowing that honorable name on ...
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Side 307 - The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, From the beginning, Or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; When there were no fountains abounding with water.
Side 256 - Under these discouraging circumstances, a prudent magistrate might observe with pleasure the progress of a religion which diffused among the people a pure, benevolent, and universal system of ethics, adapted to every duty and every condition of life ; recommended as the will and reason of the supreme Deity, and enforced by the sanction of eternal rewards or punishments.
Side 20 - They died in torments, and their torments were embittered by insult and derision. Some were nailed on crosses; others sewn up in the skins of wild beasts, and exposed to the fury of dogs: others again, smeared over with combustible materials, were used as torches to illuminate the darkness of the night. The gardens of Nero were destined for the melancholy spectacle, which was accompanied with a horse race, and honoured with the presence of the emperor, who mingled with the populace in the dress and...
Side 102 - The space between the two metae or goals was filled with statues and obelisks; and we may still remark a very singular fragment of antiquity: the bodies of three serpents, twisted into one pillar of brass. Their triple heads had once supported the golden tripod which, after the defeat of Xerxes, was consecrated in the temple of Delphi by the victorious Greeks.
Side 90 - A crowd of temples and of votive altars, profusely scattered along its steep and woody banks, attested the unskilfulness, the terrors, and the devotion of the Grecian navigators, who, after the example of the Argonauts, explored the dangers of the inhospitable Euxine. On these banks tradition long preserved the memory of the palace of Phineus, infested by the obscene harpies ; and of the sylvan reign of Amycus, who defied the son of Leda to the combat of the Cestus.
Side 96 - Scythia, as far as the sources of the Tanais and the Borysthenes; whatsoever was manufactured by the skill of Europe or Asia; the corn of Egypt, and the gems and spices of the farthest India, were brought by the varying winds into the port of Constantinople, which, for many ages, attracted the commerce of the ancient world.
Side 87 - Grotius, it must be allowed, that the number of Protestants, who were executed in a single province and a single reign, far exceeded that of the primitive martyrs in the space of three centuries, and of the Roman empire.
Side 31 - ... the superstitious Pagans were convinced that the crimes and the impiety of the Christians, who were spared by the excessive lenity of the government, had at length provoked the Divine Justice.
Side 253 - But the devotion of Constantino was more peculiarly directed to the genius of the Sun, the Apollo of Greek and Roman mythology ; and he was pleased to be represented with the symbols of the God of Light and Poetry.
Side 92 - As the vicissitudes of tides are scarcely felt in those seas, the constant depth of the harbor allows goods to be landed on the quays without the assistance of boats; and it has been observed that in many places the largest vessels may rest their prows against the houses, while their sterns are floating in the water.