The Religion of Ancient Britain, Historically Considered: Or, A Succinct Account of the Several Religious Systems which Have Obtained in this Island from the Earliest Times to the Norman Conquest. Including an Investigation Into the Early Progress of Error in the Christian Church, the Introduction of the Gospel Into Britain, and the State of Religion in England Till Popery Had Gained the AscendancyLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846 - 488 pages |
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Page 405 - to be absent from the body, is to be present with the Lord.
Page 43 - And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 443 - Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works ; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Page 151 - Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God , which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
Page 151 - Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
Page 448 - But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me...
Page 180 - Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
Page 43 - Beer-sheba ; because there they sware both of them. 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. 33 ^f And Abraham planted a ' grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LOUD, the everlasting God. 34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines
Page 147 - The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed. Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof...
Page 147 - For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly.