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Hours of Reflection on Horror and Pleasure
Hours of Reflection on Horror and Pleasure Author:John Hunt General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1845 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: BAPTISM. Baptism has caused the Heart's blood of many to Shed. All for baptism ! Is this Religion ? If it is I want no more of it. Popery is bad, but deliver Me from Baptism. That Is not religion. God never Told men to take life to Establish his law. If it is God's law, he can establish It without war. He can Make it appear so plain To all that it is his law. O fools, contend not for Those things, for it is nothing But faith who will give his Life for faith. The title of Pope has been A long time in existencp, But first applied by Higinius To the priests. Pius, a Good man, the Roman bishop, Declared the Lord's resurrection Should be kept on the Sabbath : Thus you can see he sustained The ancient law. He lived In one hundred and fifty. four Of our Lord. Previous to this Time the selecti were advocated, But at this time one is as Much as we can take care Of. And at last some are Lost in torment. Next came the convocation Of Virgins to the Gods. O many of them were Corrupt as the church. Some were saved through The atonement of Christ Entered the churches, and other Officers were appointed. The ftjen of that time were honored To hold an office in the church,. Then came persecution aud Free Christtans had to die, Stretched on the cross ; their Hearts were pierced by the Spears of war, whick had Been dipt in poison. To die is a horrible thing For some, but for them T. o die was happiness. For choice they hid rather Die on the cross with totment. O see your Christian friends, With their heatt's bl...« less