 It being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times, keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times, by persuading from the use of tongues...  The North American Review - Seite 504herausgegeben von - 1837Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Boston Latin School (Mass.) - 1820 - 378 Seiten
...the following curious preamble to the first law of the Commonwealth establishing grammar schools : " It being one chief project of Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the scriptures, as in former times keeping them in unknown tongues, so in these latter times by persuading... | |
 | James Gordon Carter - 1824 - 150 Seiten
...must have been no inconsiderable one, they assign the following truly catholick and pious reason : " It being one chief project of Satan to keep men from...times keeping them in unknown tongues, so in these * This phrase is used to denote the elementary or lowest class of schools, which are supported by the... | |
 | Charles Fenton Mercer - 1826 - 138 Seiten
...its first section began with this preamble : " It being the chief project of Satan, to keep men frnm the knowledge of the Scripture, as in former times, keeping them in unknown tongues, that so, at least, the true sense and meaning of the original might be clouded and corrupted with false... | |
 | Solomon Lincoln - 1835 - 80 Seiten
...recited, and with some allowances for religious prejudices, too much admired. It was in these words — " It being one chief project of Satan to keep men from...them in unknown tongues, so in these latter times by pursuading from the use of tongues, that so at least the true sense and meaning of the original might... | |
 | Andrew Reed, James Matheson - 1835 - 380 Seiten
...which youth might be fitted for the University, in the quaint language of the preamble to the Act—' It being one chief project of Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, and to the end, that knowledge might not be buried in the graves of our forefathers, in... | |
 | Andrew Reed - 1835 - 552 Seiten
...which youth might be fitted for the University, in the quaint language of the preamble to the Act—' It being one chief project of Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, and to the end, that knowledge might not be buried in the graves of our forefathers, in... | |
 | 1826 - 440 Seiten
...which youth might be fitted for the University, in the quaint language of the preamble to the Act — ' It being one chief project of Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, and to the end, that knowledge might not be buried in the graves of our forefathers, in... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1836 - 522 Seiten
...character of American civilisation is at once placed in the clearest light. 'It being,' says the law, 'one chief project of Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scripture by persuading from the use of tongues, to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of... | |
 | William Lincoln - 1837 - 410 Seiten
...has been well 1 The Great and General Court of the Colony, in May 1647, stating as inducement, that, 'It being one chief project of Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times keeping them in unknown tongues, so, in these latter times, by persuading... | |
 | 1838 - 716 Seiten
...colony of Connecticut referred to. It is in the first edition of the Statutes, printed in 1672:— " It being one chief project of Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading... | |
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