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... fpiritual pride to delight in the prospect of their future triumph . " You are fond of fpectacles ,,, exclaims the ftern Tertullian , ( C XV . expect the greatest of i 252 THE DECLINE AND FALL The Pagans devoted to eternal Punishment ·
... fpiritual pride to delight in the prospect of their future triumph . " You are fond of fpectacles ,,, exclaims the ftern Tertullian , ( C XV . expect the greatest of i 252 THE DECLINE AND FALL The Pagans devoted to eternal Punishment ·
Side 253
Edward Gibbon. Tertullian , ( C XV . expect the greatest of all fpec- CHAP . tacles , the laft and eternal judgment of the ,, universe . How shall I admire , how laugh , " " " " " " 99 how rejoice , how exult , when I behold fo ,, many ...
Edward Gibbon. Tertullian , ( C XV . expect the greatest of all fpec- CHAP . tacles , the laft and eternal judgment of the ,, universe . How shall I admire , how laugh , " " " " " " 99 how rejoice , how exult , when I behold fo ,, many ...
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... Tertullian , with an honest pride , could boaft , that very few Christians had fuffered by the hand of the executioner , except on account of their religion " . Their ferious and fequeftered life , averfe to the gay luxury of the age ...
... Tertullian , with an honest pride , could boaft , that very few Christians had fuffered by the hand of the executioner , except on account of their religion " . Their ferious and fequeftered life , averfe to the gay luxury of the age ...
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... Tertullian , is a lie against our own faces , and an impious attempt to improve the works of the Creator " . When Chriftianity was introduced among the rich and the polite the obfervation of thefe fingular laws was left , as it would be ...
... Tertullian , is a lie against our own faces , and an impious attempt to improve the works of the Creator " . When Chriftianity was introduced among the rich and the polite the obfervation of thefe fingular laws was left , as it would be ...
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... Tertullian or Lactantius em- ploy their labours in expofing its falfehood and extravagance , they are obliged to tranfcribe the eloquence of Cicero or the wit of Lucian . The contagion of thefe fceptical writings had been diffused far ...
... Tertullian or Lactantius em- ploy their labours in expofing its falfehood and extravagance , they are obliged to tranfcribe the eloquence of Cicero or the wit of Lucian . The contagion of thefe fceptical writings had been diffused far ...
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Side 28 - Her voice was strong and harmonious. Her manly understanding was strengthened and adorned by study. She was not ignorant of the Latin tongue, but possessed in equal perfection the Greek, the Syriac, and the Egyptian languages. She had drawn up for her own use an epitome of Oriental history, and familiarly compared the beauties of Homer and Plato under the tuition of the sublime Longinus.
Side 37 - The fame of Longinus, who was included among the numerous and perhaps innocent victims of her fear, will survive that of the queen who betrayed, or the tyrant who condemned him.
Side 29 - Ctesiphon, laid the foundations of their united fame and power. The armies which they commanded, and the provinces which they had saved, acknowledged not any other sovereigns than their invincible chiefs. The senate and people of Rome revered a stranger who had avenged their captive emperor, and even the insensible son of Valerian accepted Odenathus for his legitimate colleague.
Side 315 - ... were repeatedly addressed to the successors of Trajan are filled with the most pathetic complaints that the Christians, who obeyed the dictates and solicited the liberty of conscience, were alone, among all the subjects of the Roman empire, excluded from the common benefits of their auspicious government. The deaths of a few eminent martyrs have been recorded with care ; and from the time that Christianity was invested with the supreme power, the governors of the church have been no less diligently...
Side 312 - But how shall we excuse the supine inattention of the Pagan and philosophic world to those evidences which were presented by the hand of Omnipotence, not to their reason, but to their senses? During the age of Christ, of his apostles, and of their first disciples, the doctrine which they preached was confirmed by innumerable prodigies. The lame walked, the blind saw, the sick were healed, the dead were raised, demons were expelled, and the laws of Nature were frequently suspended for the benefit...
Side 310 - ... most worthy of the heavenly present. The names of Seneca, of the elder and the younger Pliny, of Tacitus, of Plutarch, of Galen, of the slave Epictetus, and of the emperor Marcus Antoninus, adorn the age in which they flourished, and exalt the dignity of human nature.
Side 312 - Under the reign of Tiberius, the whole earth, or at least a celebrated province of the Roman empire, was involved in a preternatural darkness of three hours. Even this miraculous event, which ought to have excited the wonder, the curiosity, and the devotion of mankind, passed without notice in an age of science and history.
Side 221 - The inflexible, and, if we may use the expression, the intolerant zeal of the Christians, derived, it is true, from the Jewish religion, but purified from the narrow and unsocial spirit which, instead of inviting, had deterred the Gentiles from embracing the law of Moses.
Side 144 - Diocletian, who, from a servile origin, had raised himself to the throne, passed the nine last years of his life in a private condition. Reason had dictated, and content seems to have accompanied, his retreat, in which he enjoyed for a...
Side 48 - SUCH was the unhappy condition of the Roman emperors, that, whatever might be their conduct, their fate was commonly the same. A life of pleasure or virtue, of severity or mildness, of indolence or glory, alike led to an untimely grave; and almost every reign is closed by the same disgusting repetition of treason and murder.