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Strictures upon modern simony, and the crime of Simon Magus; or, an enquiry into Mr. Madan's account of simony, in his late Answer to the Faithful Narrative of Facts relative to the Presentation of Mr. H-'s to the Rectory of Aldwinkle in Northamptonshire: Tending to shew the Fallacy of his Reasoning upon the Ecclesiastical Laws; and the Error of his Conscience concerning the Sanctity of Ecclesiastical Preferments: With various Observations on the Kingdom of the Clergy, comparing it with the Kingdom of Jesus Christ.
Madan, Martin, 1726-1790.Date: 1767- Books
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Poems on the principal festivals and fasts of the Church of England. I. On the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary; commonly called, Lady-Day, March 25. II. On the Nativity of our Saviour, or Birth-Day of Christ; commonly called, Christmas-Day, December 25. III. On the Circumcision of Christ, being New-Year's-Day, January 1. IV. On the Epiphany, or, Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles, January 6. V. On the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, commonly called, The Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin, February 2. VI. On Ash-Wednesday, and the Lent-Fast. Vii. On the Day of our blessed Saviour's Crucifixion; commonly called, Good-Friday. Viii. On Easter-Day, the great Festival of our Lord and Saviour's Resurrection from the Dead. IX. On the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ; commonly called, Holy Thursday. X. On Whit-Sunday, being the great Festival of the Descent of the Holy Ghost; sometime called Pentecost, as being Fifty Days after Easter. XI. On Trinity-Sunday; being the Lord's-Day, next after Whit-Sunday. With Prayers for the said Festivals and Fasts. Designed for the instruction and benefit of humble and serious Christians. By Daniel Hallows, A. M. Rector of Gilston in Hertfordshire.
Hallows, Daniel, 1669 or 1670-1741.Date: M.DCC.XXXIII. [1733]- Pictures
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Simeon bows to the infant Jesus Christ. Engraving by A. Mochetti after N. Poussin (?).
Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665.Reference: 22176i- Books
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The life of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Containing a full, ample, accurate, instructive, and universal history of every transaction in the life of our glorious redeemer, from His taking upon himself our sinful Nature, to his Crucifixion, Resurrection from the Dead, and his Glorious Ascension into Heaven. Particularly his Genealogy, Incarnation, Preservation, Circumcision, Presentation, Divine Mission, Baptism, Fasting, Temptation, Ministry, Sufferings, Doctrine, Calling the Apostles, Miracles, Parables, Charity, Meekness, Travels, Transfiguration, Passion, Institution of the Sacrament, Crucifixion, Burial, Resurrection, Appearance, and Ascension into Heaven. Together with The Lives, Transactions, and Sufferings of his Holy Evangelists, Apostles, Disciples, and other Primitive Martyrs, who have sealed the great Truth of Christianity with their Blood; particularly St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, St. John, St. Peter, St. Paul, St. James the Great, St. Andrew, St. Philip, St. Bartholomew, St. Thomas, St. James the Less, St. Simon, St. Jude, St. Matthias, St. Barnabas, St. Stephen, &c. &c. &c. Including the Transactions of John the Baptist, the great Forerunner of the Messiah; as also the Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, &c. &c. To which is added, a full defence of the Christian religion, In which the Evidences of Christianity are fairly stated, the New Testament proved to be genuine, and the Religion of the great Redeemer of Mankind truly Divine. The whole Properly adapted to promote the Knowledge of our Holy Religion, a firm Faith in the Merits of Our Blessed Redeemer, and the Practice of every Christian Virtue. By the Rev. John Fleetwood, D. D. Author of The History of the Holy Bible, Published by the King's Authority.
Fleetwood, John.Date: [1790?]- Books
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The gospel of Nicodemus. In thirteen chapters. I. Jesus accused of the Jews before Pilate. II. Some of them spake for him. III. Pilate takes counsel of ancient Lawyers, &c. IV. Nicodemus speaks to Pilate for Jesus. V. Certain Jews shew Pilate the Miracles which Christ had done to some of them. VI. Pilate commands that no villains should put him to his Passion, but only Knights. Vii. Centurio tells Pilate of the Wonders that were done at Christ's passion; and of the fine Cloth of Syndonia. Viii. The Jews conspire against Nicodemus and Joseph. IX One of the Knights that kept the Sepulchre of our Lord, came and told the Master of the Law, that our Lord was gone into Gallilee. X Three men who came from Gallilee to Jerusalem, say they saw Jesus alive. XI. The Jews chuse eight Men who were Joseph's Friends, to desire him to come to them. XII. Joseph tells of divers dead Men risen, especially of Simon's two Sons, Garius and Levicius. XIII. Nicodemus and Joseph tell Pilate all that those two Men had said; and how Pilate treated with the Princes of the Law.
Date: [1775?]- Books
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The holy disciple; or, the history of Joseph of Arimathea. ... To which is aded, [sic] meditations on the birth, life, death, and resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Date: [1740?]- Books
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The new and complete life of our blessed Lord and saviour, Jesus Christ: that great example, as well as saviour of mankind. Containing a More Complete, Authentic, Ample, Accurate, Instructive, Universal, and Full Account (freed from Popish Superstition, and other Errors) than was ever before Published, of all the Real Facts, relating to the Exemplary Life, Meritorious Sufferings, and Triumphant Death of Our Glorious Redeemer, Who took upon himself our Sinful Nature, Was Crucified for our Sins, Rose Again for our Justification, Ascended into Heaven, and now Sitteth at the Right-Hand of God, making Intercession for Us; Particularly his Incarnation, Nativity, Genealogy, Baptism, Preservation, Circumcision, Presentation, Early Transactions, Divine Mission, Fasting, Ministry, Temptation, Doctrines, Calling and Appointment of the Apostles, Miracles, Parables, Travels, Humility, Charity, Patience, Meekness, Sufferings, Transfiguration, Passion, Institution of the Sacraments; Crucifixion, Burial, Resurrection, Appearance, and Ascension, &c. &c. &c. To which is Added, A New, Complete, and Authentic History of the Lives, Transactions, Sufferings, and Deaths, of his Holy Apostles, Evangelists, Disciples, And other Eminent Persons and Primitive Christians, who first Propagated the Christian Religion, and to cruel Persecutors laid down their Lives in the Glorious Cause of Jesus Christ; particularly St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, St. John, St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Andrew, St. James the Great, St. Philip, St. Bartholomew, St. Thomas, St. James the Less, St. Simon, St. Jude, St. Matthias, St. Barnabas, St. Stephen, Timothy, Silas, Mary Magdalene, Mary Sister of Lazarus, Mary of Cleophas, Mary of Salome, Trophimus, Tychicus, Tertius, Linus, Onesiphorus, Stephanus, Phebe, Sosipater, Clement, Ananias, Nicolas, Nicodemus, Joseph, Philemon, Priscilla, Titus, &c. Also, A New, Useful, and Interesting Account of the Life of the Messiah's great Forerunner John the Baptist; And likewise the Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Together with A Faithful Account of the Successors of the Apostles, for Three Hundred Years after the Crucifixion, in the five great Apostolical Churches. Comprehending, The Whole Doctrine of Christianity, the Evidences fairly stated upon which it is founded, and the Manner of its Establishment in different Parts of the World. - Including a Complete Defence of Christianity, containing Plain and Satisfactory Answers to all the Objections made against our Holy Religion, by Jews, Turks, Atheists, Deists, Infidels, and Free-Thinkers of the present Age, who are a Disgrace to Human Nature, and strive to level Mankind with the Brute Creation; whereby the Religion of the great Redeemer of Mankind is proved to be Genuine and truly Divine. The Whole Interspersed with Practical Improvements, and Useful Remarks, Familiarly Adapted to every Capacity, and designed to Promote, in every Christian, the necessary Practice of Faith and Repentance, as the only appointed Means whereby God can be Reconciled with Man. This Complete Work being the Result of long Study and Experience, and not a hasty Performance, has been regularly digested and collected, not only from the Evangelists, Epistles, &c. but also from Josephus, the most judicious Ecclesiastical Historians, and other Books as well as Manuscripts (ancient and modern) of Undoubted Authority. It will therefore comprise a great Variety of the most Important, Valuable, and Curious Matter relating to the Life and Death of our Blessed Saviour and his Apostles, &c. not to be found in any other Work of the Kind whatever. By Paul Wright, D. D. Vicar of Oakley, &c. in Essex, late of Pembroke-Hall, Cambridge; And Author of the Christian's New and Complete British Family Bible;-of the New and Complete Edition of Fox's Original Book of Martyrs;-And of The New Edition of the Whole Book of Common Prayer, with Notes, and other necessary Illustrations;-All of which respective Works are universally approved of in every Respect, by the Public in general, who have perused the Numbers already published. Embellished with the most elegant, valuable, and numerous set of large copper-plate prints ever published in a work of this kind; finely engraved from the original Drawings of Hamilton, Chalmers, West, Samuel Wale, Esq. &c. by those ingenious and celebrated Artists, Messrs. Pollard, Rennoldson, Taylor, Tookey, Smith, Page, Granger, Morris, Royce, Golder, Collier, Parker, and Other Eminent Masters.
Fleetwood, John.Date: [1790?]- Pictures
Simeon takes the infant Christ in his arms. Etching by A. Smith.
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Jesus Christ. Engraving by the Master F.P. after G.F. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.
Parmigianino, 1503-1540.Date: [153-?]Reference: 2819158i- Books
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A Vindication of the True Divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, in the words of our Saviour and His Apostles. Design'd to lay the present heats among dissenters.
Date: 1720- Pictures
The Hellespontic sibyl, with the presentation of Christ in the temple. Engraving by G. Rousselet and A. Bosse after C. Vignon.
Vignon, Claude, 1593-1670.Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 2822740i- Books
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The history of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. With the lives of his apostles and evangelists, and other eminent persons and martyrs, Who first propagated the Christian Religion. Containing, The Whole Doctrine of Christianity, the Evidences on which it is founded, and the Manner of its Establishment in different Parts of the World. Together with Satisfactory Answers to the Objections made against our Holy Religion by the Jew, the Gentile, and the Deist, or Free-Thinker of he present Age. By the Rev. Thomas Stackhouse, A. M. Late Vicar of Beenham, in Berkshire.
Stackhouse, Thomas, approximately 1680-1752.Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]- Books
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On the Nativity of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. A divine poem. Humbly presented to the Lady Trumbal.
Date: M.DCC.XXII. [1722]- Books
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On the nativity of our blessed lord and saviour Jesus Christ. A divine poem. Humbly presented to the Lady Sloane.
Date: MDCCXVII. [1717]- Books
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On the nativity of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. A divine poem. Humbly presented to the the Lady Fletcher.
Date: MDCCXVIII. [1718]- Pictures
The high priest of the Temple, holds the circumcised Christ in his arms; Mary brings a sacrifice after her purification. Etching.
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A sixth discourse on the miracles of our Saviour, in view of the present controversy between infidels and apostates. By Tho. Woolston, B. D. sometime Fellow of Sidney-College in Cambridge.
Woolston, Thomas, 1670-1733.Date: [1729]- Books
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The replication; Or, A familiar address to Mr. William Frend, of Jesus College, Cambridge, presenting him wit the proofs required in his public challenge. In three important considerations: I. Proving Christ to be God equal with the father. II. The proofs for precepts and examples for worshipping the same. III. The affinity and tendency of Socinianism to Mahometanism: with the names of noted socinians who have left the one for the other. By George Townsend, of Ramsgate.
Townsend, George.Date: MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]- Pictures
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The birth of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary presents him to God and the angels. Engraving.
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The new and complete evangelical history of the life of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Containing a full and complete account of our glorious redeemer; particularly his nativity, genealogy, ... To which will be added, the lives and sufferings of his holy apostles, evangelists, &c. ... Together with a calculation of the present inhabitants of the world, shewing what proportion Christianity bears to the Jews, Turks, and Heathens. To which will also be subjoined, a full defence of Christianity against all the objections of Jews, Arians, Socinians, Materialists, Atheists, deists, infidels, and free-thinkers, of the present age; who have endeavoured to place mankind on a level with the beasts that perish. The whole carefully collected from the four histories of the gospel, as written by the Evangelists, from the acts of the apostles, from the epistles, from the prophets, from Josephus, and other ecclesiastical historians, and from various other authentic records; and so digested and arranged, as to form a regular, connected, and uniform narrative and harmony of the gospels; interspersed with a great variety of curious particulars on the subject, barely alluded to in scripture, but explained at large by cotemporary authors, who wrote on the same transactions, and corroborated the great truths of Christianity, upon which our eternal happiness depends. By the Rev. T. Priestley, author of the Evangelical exposition of the Bible, a valuable family work, now publishing in numbers with great applause. The whole printed on a large new letter, and adorned with near thirty copper-plates, most elegantly designed and engraved by eminent artists.
Priestley, T. (Timothy), 1734-1814.Date: [1793?]- Books
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An investigation into our present received chronology. Wherein it is proposed clearly to point out and prove several essential errors, of Very Considerable Magnitude, Contained in the Period of Time Comprehended between the Birth of Abram, and the Birth of Christ; Insomuch, that Altho' It is Over-Reckoned Materially in Two Instances, Yet Upon the Whole it is Evidently Under-Reckoned as Much as 115 Years, Viz. That Christ was born in the Year 4119, and not in the Year 4004. The whole indisputably proved from the Scripture, Which is its Own Best Interpreter. By a friend of truth.
Friend of truth.Date: 1798- Books
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The eternal existence of our Lord Jesus Christ: Set forth in a sermon Preached at the Lord Bishop of Winchester's Visitation at Chertsey in the County of Surrey, On Friday the Twenty second of May. By Thomas Mangey, LL. D. Rector of St. Nicolas's in Guildford, and Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of London. Publish'd at the Request of the Clergy there present.
Mangey, Thomas, 1688-1755.Date: MDCCXIX. [1719]- Books
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The history of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. With the lives of his apostles and evangelists. And other eminent persons and martyrs, who first propagated the Christian religion. Containing the whole doctrine of Christianity, the Evidences on which it is founded, and the Manner of its Establishment in different Parts of the World. Together with satisfactory answer to the objections made against our holy religion by the Jew, the Gentile, and the Deist, or Free-Thinker, of the present Age. By S. Nelson, D.D. Author of the Universal Bible.
Nelson, S.Date: MDCCLIX. [1759]- Books
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Christologia: or, a declaration of the Glorious Mystery of the person of Christ, God and man. with the Infinite Wisdom, Love, and Power of God in the Contrivance and Constitution thereof. As also of The Grounds and Reasons of his Incarnation, the Nature of his Ministry in Heaven, the Present State of the Church above thereon, and the Use of his Person in Religion. With An Account and Vindication of the Honour, Worship, Faith, Love, and Obedience due unto him, in and from the Church. By John Owen, D.D.
Owen, John, 1616-1683.Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]- Books
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St. Paul's preaching Christ, designed to promote the knowledge and practice of religion. A sermon, preach'd at the provincial meeting of the Lancashire ministers at Manchester, May 8. 1744. By James Daye. Published at the Request of several Gentlemen present, both Ministers and others.
Daye, James.Date: MDCCXLIV. [1744]