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... preached by the Apostles , who sup- ported and established their commission " by signs and wonders , and divers miracles of the Holy Ghost . " For those who had witnessed , then , their nature , great- ness , and number , still to ...
... preached by the Apostles , who sup- ported and established their commission " by signs and wonders , and divers miracles of the Holy Ghost . " For those who had witnessed , then , their nature , great- ness , and number , still to ...
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... preached . In reply to these invidious remarks , many learned men contend , that it was not the fear of crucifixion , which so far overcame Jesus , as to throw him into an agony and bloody sweat , but his distress in the garden pro ...
... preached . In reply to these invidious remarks , many learned men contend , that it was not the fear of crucifixion , which so far overcame Jesus , as to throw him into an agony and bloody sweat , but his distress in the garden pro ...
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... times when the rancour of the Jews and Heathens was so hot against the first preachers of the Gospel . - See Archbishop Newcombe's Observations on our Lord's conduct , p . 44 . High Priest was a type of our Lord , and 38.
... times when the rancour of the Jews and Heathens was so hot against the first preachers of the Gospel . - See Archbishop Newcombe's Observations on our Lord's conduct , p . 44 . High Priest was a type of our Lord , and 38.
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... preacher , however , shuts his ears against this sort of reasoning ; what enlightened minds have considered as the innocent amusements of a leisure " Who sees with equal eye , as God of all , A hero perish , or a sparrow fall ...
... preacher , however , shuts his ears against this sort of reasoning ; what enlightened minds have considered as the innocent amusements of a leisure " Who sees with equal eye , as God of all , A hero perish , or a sparrow fall ...
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... preachers , before his conversion , ascribes the accident of disloca- ting his shoulder in partaking of the healthy exercise of dancing * . Let us take also the following instance , It is a moot point , if Wesley or Whitfield be the ...
... preachers , before his conversion , ascribes the accident of disloca- ting his shoulder in partaking of the healthy exercise of dancing * . Let us take also the following instance , It is a moot point , if Wesley or Whitfield be the ...
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Page 4 - thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous, then ! Unspeakable ; who sit'st above the heav'ns, To us invisible, or dimly seen, In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 20 - phemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost,
Page 39 - And he that was dead came forth) bound hand and foot with grave-cloths, and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, loose him, and let him go.
Page 148 - My God, I am thine! What a comfort divine'. (( What a blessing to know that my Jesus is mine ' " In the heavenly Lamb, thrice happy I am ; " And my heart it doth dance at the sound of his name.
Page 133 - Let not thine heart envy sinners, but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long; for surely there is an end, and thine expectation shall not be cut off."—Prov. xxiii. 17, 18.
Page 4 - heav'ns, To us invisible, or dimly seen, In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Paradise Lost, Book v.
Page 139 - le fantôme autant que la personne, Et la fausse monnoye, à l'égal de la bonne ? Les hommes, la plupart, sont étrangement faits, Dans la juste nature on ne les voit jamais. " . • '"• La raison a pour eux, des bornes, trop petites, •
Page 22 - the Cross, some of the rulers derided him, saying, " he saved others, let him save himself if he be Christ the chosen of God, Luke xxiii.
Page 7 - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies."—Psalm
Page 26 - to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man,