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Questo libro di storia potrebbe contenere numerosi refusi e parti di testo mancanti. Solitamente gli acquirenti hanno la possibilita di scaricare gratuitamente una copia scansionata del libro originale (senza refusi) direttamente dalleditore. Il libro e Non illustrato. 1818 edition. Estratto: ... but felt by the meanest auditor; yet so powerful, that, when aided by a miracle of mercy, which he wrought before them, he scarcely restrained them from offering him Divine honours. His appearance before Felix having been more largely detailed by the sacred historian, we may well be allowed a more particular consideration of it. Heathen historians represent Felix as having, by every kind of misconduct, excited disturbances in Judea, and by exactions and oppressions incurred the contempt of his subjects, to whom he had occasioned great calamities; his mal-administration, but for the intervention of the governor of Syria, would have kindled a war; and an instance of it indeed occurs on the very occasion of which we are about to speak, in Pauls long detention in confinement. It is recorded in the Acts, that he hoped the Apostle would have bribed him with money, in order to procure his escape, t Let us now contrast the different conduct of the popular advocate retained by the Jews against Paul, with that of Paul himself, towards this corrupt governor. Tertullus, a florid speaker, is not ashamed, in the true spirit of party oratory, to offer the grossest adulation to this wicked.. Acts, xxiv. judge; not only extolling what he knew to be false, --the tranquillity produced by his administration, and " the worthy " deeds" done by him, --but even exalting him into a sort of deity, by whose providence their prosperity was procured. Then, in the usual strain of artful and disingenuous adulation, having ab;eady exceeded all bounds of decency, he finishes his harangue by hypocritically expressing his fears that praise might " be tedious to him.." i After the affected...
| ISBN-13 | 9781154146745 |
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| ISBN-10 | 115414674X |
| Weight | 0.29 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.19 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 80 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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