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... followers considered rebels . " I have often read of the censure of his defection , not from Rehoboam but from the true worship of God , and I recall that his followers were indeed often termed wicked , but never rebels . ( Yale 4 , pt ...
... followers considered rebels . " I have often read of the censure of his defection , not from Rehoboam but from the true worship of God , and I recall that his followers were indeed often termed wicked , but never rebels . ( Yale 4 , pt ...
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... followers we saw in Chapter 1 whose names are erased from the Book of Heaven . It is a condition of dreadful nakedness , as though his being had been penetrated by void and negation . The new name , Satan , only derives from his ...
... followers we saw in Chapter 1 whose names are erased from the Book of Heaven . It is a condition of dreadful nakedness , as though his being had been penetrated by void and negation . The new name , Satan , only derives from his ...
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... followers , suffered defeat through him ; his counsel must therefore be thought suspect ; the assurance he maintains of being established on a " safe unenvied throne " is invalidated by his later fear of competitors ; and we have only ...
... followers , suffered defeat through him ; his counsel must therefore be thought suspect ; the assurance he maintains of being established on a " safe unenvied throne " is invalidated by his later fear of competitors ; and we have only ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Kings of This World | 9 |
Sultan and Barbarian | 51 |
Copyright | |
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