compend
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Here you have a compend of the doctrine of the Scriptures.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
As for the chapter of good breeding, it is wide of comprehension, being a compend of things perfect.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
This volume is worth owning by itself, as a most convenient and reliable compend of recent History, Biography, Statistics, &c., &c.
From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown
As the revelation did not consist in doctrines, so the doctrine we require is not a creed or compend of doctrines.
From History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology by J. F. (John Fletcher) Hurst
It is made the very sum and compend of the law, the fulfilling of it; for the truth is the most effectual and constraining principle of obedience, and withal the most sweet and pleasant.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
