The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Volume 7Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) 1839 |
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Page 81 - And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
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Page 99 - Yet the Lord will command His loving-kindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
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Page 479 - Caesar, that they were the judges and arbiters of all differences and disputes, both public and private; took cognizance of murders, inheritances, boundaries and limits, and decreed rewards and punishments. Such as disobeyed their decisions they excommunicated ; which was their principal punishment, the criminal being hereby excluded from all public assemblies, and avoided by all the woi'ld; so that no body durst speak to him for fear of being polluted.
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