false profession
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We shall therefore pass on, having once more solemnly warned the reader against every shade and degree of false profession.
From The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III by Mackintosh, C. (Charles) H. (Henry)
Yes; a profession—a false profession, Mr Gresham,—a false profession—a false profession.
From Doctor Thorne by Trollope, Anthony
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 Magdeburg, Matilda of
Faith is more sincere when there are no motives for a false profession, and every natural motive to conceal religious belief.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances
The heart must be probed to the very bottom, in order that no element of hypocrisy or false profession may be allowed to lodge there.
From Notes on the Book of Genesis by Mackintosh, Charles Henry
