Waldensian Researches During a Second Visit to the Vaudois of Piemont: With a Introductory Inquiry Into the Antiquity and Purity of the Waldensian Church, and Some Account of the Compacts with the Ancient Princes of Piemont, and the Treaties Between the English Government and the House of Savoy, in Virtue of which this Sole Relic of the Primitive Church in Italy Has Continued to Assert Its Religious Independence

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C.J.G. & F. Rivington, 1831 - Waldenses - 560 pages
 

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Page 460 - How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; That bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation ; That saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Page 521 - ... took man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance , so that two whole and perfect natures, that is to say, the godhead and manhood, were joined together in one person, never to be divided, whereof is one Christ, very God, and very Man; who truly suffered, was crucified, dead, and buried, to reconcile his Father to us, and to be a sacrifice, not only for original guilt, but also for actual sins of men.
Page 285 - And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
Page 29 - The ancient Britons and Scots persisted long in the maintenance of their religious liberty ; and neither the threats nor promises of the legates of Rome could engage them to submit to the decrees and authority of the ambitious pontiff, as appears manifestly from the testimony of Bede.
Page 140 - For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in 'order the things that are t 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.
Page 520 - The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered, according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 22 - The visible assemblies of the Paulicians, or Albigeois, were extirpated by fire and sword ; and the bleeding remnant escaped by flight, concealment, or Catholic conformity. But the invincible spirit which they had kindled still lived and breathed in the Western world.
Page 285 - And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies ; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them ; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
Page 217 - And on the day called Sunday, there is an assembling together of all who dwell in the cities and country ; and the Memoirs of the Apostles and the writings of the Prophets are read as long as circumstances permit.
Page 43 - Vaudois subjects ? Again and again it has been asserted by them, " we are descendants of those, who from father to son have preserved entire the apostolical Faith in the valleys which we now occupy.

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