false profession
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But for the third degree, which is Simulation and false profession: that I hold more culpable and less politic, except it be in great and rare matters.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
Of the malice of the devil, I knew nothing; of the misery of the world, I knew nothing whatsoever; and the false profession of people who are called spiritual was also unknown to me.
From Matelda and the Cloister of Hellfde Extracts from the Book of Matilda of Magdeburg by Matilda of Magdeburg
He may deceive the world with a false profession of faith, but can deceive neither God nor himself.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by William Cowper Brann
Mixture, hypocrisy, and false profession, creep in everywhere.
From Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by John Charles Ryle
And she who had lived during her youth in ignorance of “the false profession of people called spiritual” had to learn amongst “the religious” many a sorrowful lesson.
From Matelda and the Cloister of Hellfde Extracts from the Book of Matilda of Magdeburg by Matilda of Magdeburg
