The Bible and Islam: Or, The Influence of the Old and New Testaments on the Religion of Mohammed

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C. Scribner's sons, 1897 - Bible - 319 pages
 

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Page 156 - And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Page 84 - Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Page 295 - Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel ; and they said, Nay ; but we will have a king over us ; that we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
Page 308 - The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the Word and Sacraments or of the power of the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven ; yet he hath authority, and it is his duty to take order that unity and peace be preserved in the Church...
Page 309 - ... and it is his duty, to take order, that unity and peace be preserved in the church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered, and observed. For the better effecting whereof, he hath power to call synods, to be present at them, and to provide that whatsoever is transacted in them be according to the mind of God.
Page 222 - It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces towards East or West; but it is righteousness — to believe in God and the Last Day, and the Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers...
Page 157 - Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not ; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes ; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.
Page 137 - Accordingly, when God— so runs the tradition ; I had better said, the blasphemy— resolved to create the human race, He took into His hands a mass of earth, the same whence all mankind were to be formed, and in which they after a manner preexisted ; and having then divided the clod into two equal portions, He threw the one half into hell, saying, " These to eternal fire, and I care not;" and projected the other half into heaven, adding, "and these to Paradise, and I care not.
Page 75 - We believe in God, and what has been revealed to thee, and what was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and what was given to Moses, and Jesus, and the prophets from their Lord,- we will make no distinction between any of them,- and we are unto Him resigned.
Page 93 - Mary, and a spirit proceeding from him. Believe therefore in God, and his apostles, and say not, There are three Gods; forbear this; it will be better for you. God is but one God. Far be it from him that he should have a son!

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