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That under the present circumstances of the church in England, there is peculiar danger of these matters being slighted and practically disavowed, and of numbers of Christians being left, or tempted to precarious and unauthorized ways of communion, which must terminate often in vital apostasy: "We desire to pledge ourselves one to another, reserving our canonical obedience, as follows:
His powerful sermons and valuable writings contributed in no small degree to the spread of monasticism among the Christians of his time. Then there was Augustine, the greatest thinker since Plato.
How dare we, who call ourselves Christians, who have been baptized into His name, who have tasted of His mercy, who have the might of His love, the converting and renewing power of His Spirit how dare we doubt that He will take away the sins of the world?
There was a great plenty of sturgeon, which, at that time, the Christians did not make use of, but the Indians ate them greedily. Flax and hemp grew spontaneously. Peltries and hides were brought in great quantities, by the savages, and sold for trifles. The land was very well provisioned with all the necessaries of life."
"Some of your Christians might have tampered with it!" "No, no, Commodus. That jar has been in the cellar since before you were born and the seal was intact. I washed the cup myself." "Well, taste again. Sit here on the bed where I can feel your heart- beats." Presently he gave a gasp and belched, as always after he had swallowed a whole cupful at one draught.
'According to the working of the strength of the might which He wrought in Christ' the Resurrection, the Ascension, the session at the right hand of God, the rule over all creatures, and the exaltation above all things on earth or in the heavens these are the facts which the Apostle brings before us as the pattern-works, the chefs-d'oeuvre of the power that is operating in all Christians.
He concluded by giving his opinion that it was necessary for him to make peace with the Christians. Naubea Daring, the prince of Calicut, made a long speech, in which he defended the Portuguese against the imputation thrown upon them by the Moors of their being thieves and pirates.
There is nothing that so abides with us, as what we receive from God; and the reason why Christians at this day are at such a loss as to some things, is because they are content with what comes from men's mouths, without searching and kneeling before God to know of him the truth of things.
What have they done to thee?" "They are Christians," the Jew returned, sullenly. "That is good, Prince, very good even the Prophet judged it a justification for cleaning the earth of the detestable sect yet it is not enough.
God made the brain; therefore God is responsible for the action of the brain; therefore God is responsible for the action of the will. Therefore Man is not responsible for the action of the will. Therefore Man cannot sin against God. Christians speak of the will as if it were a kind of separate soul, a "little cherub who sits up aloft" and gives the man his course.
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