Ante-Nicene Fathers — Vol. I — Section 70
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Work: Ante-Nicene Fathers — Volume I
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0 thou spirit more wicked through thy malevo- lence than all other wicked spirits, to utter such words against the Lord? Through thine appe- tite 4 was thou overcome, and through thy vain- glory wast thou brought to dishonour : through avarice and ambition dost thou [now] draw on [others] to ungodliness. Thou, O Belial, dragon, apostate, crooked serpent, rebel against God, out- cast from Christ, alien from the Holy Spirit, exile from the ranks of the angels, reviler of the laws of God, enemy of all that js lawful, who didst rise up against the first-formed of men, and didst drive f…
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- The Ante-Nicene fathers. translations of the writings of the fathers down to A.D. 325.
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- eng
- Source language
- eng
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