A Proposal for the Conversion of the Popish Natives of Ireland: To the Establish'd Religion; ...

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E. Waters, 1711 - 47 páginas

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Página 3 - Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghoft : teaching them to obferve all things whatfoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
Página 18 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common; And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved
Página 37 - Qiov, the Bible in short, there exists but one ingredient of pure unmixed divinity, utterly separated and free from the contamination of all that is human. Again, "the word of God is a light unto our feet and a lamp unto our paths " — a most momentous piece of information truly, if we are only made to know what the word of God is ; and nothing can be more distinct or satisfactory in the way of guidance, than simply to be told that the word of God is the scriptures of the Old and New Testament....
Página 40 - To lock up the Scriptures and the service of God from the people in an unknown tongue, what is this but in effect to forbid men to know God and to serve him ; to render them incapable of knowing what is the good and acceptable will of God *; of...
Página 40 - ... That is, doing what in them lies to render it impossible for men to be saved. For this he denounceth a terrible Woe against the Teachers of the Jewish Church : Though they did not proceed so far as to deprive men of the use of the Holy Scriptures, but only of the right knowledge and understanding of them. This alone is a horrible impiety, to lead men into a false sense and interpretation of Scripture, but much greater to forbid them the reading of it. This is to stop knowledge at the very Fountain-head...

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