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... Christ , in consequence of his having foretold that event . For we cannot listen with patience to the opinion , that a Being , as wise and benevolent as he is omnipotent , should arbitrarily select one portion of the human race for ...
... Christ , in consequence of his having foretold that event . For we cannot listen with patience to the opinion , that a Being , as wise and benevolent as he is omnipotent , should arbitrarily select one portion of the human race for ...
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... Christianity to insinuate , that the divine founder of it , by the despondency which he shewed in the garden of Gethsemane , on the approach of his trial and death , and the words which he uttered upon the cross , evin- ced a want of ...
... Christianity to insinuate , that the divine founder of it , by the despondency which he shewed in the garden of Gethsemane , on the approach of his trial and death , and the words which he uttered upon the cross , evin- ced a want of ...
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... Christianity , " says Gilbert Wakefield , " have made great objections to this miracle of our Saviour , and have asked , what right he had to destroy this fig - tree . Now it is sufficient to observe , în answer to this cavil , that the ...
... Christianity , " says Gilbert Wakefield , " have made great objections to this miracle of our Saviour , and have asked , what right he had to destroy this fig - tree . Now it is sufficient to observe , în answer to this cavil , that the ...
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... Christianity , we are not surprised that those who have attempted to bring the historical part of it into discredit , should put this in- sulting question upon the resurrection of Lazarus : How could a man come out of his who was grave ...
... Christianity , we are not surprised that those who have attempted to bring the historical part of it into discredit , should put this in- sulting question upon the resurrection of Lazarus : How could a man come out of his who was grave ...
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... Christ was to bestow the gift of the Holy Ghost upon his disciples , not in the character of a prophet , but as the eternal Sovereign of the Church . The reason , therefore , of his saying , in the present tense , " Receive ye the Holy ...
... Christ was to bestow the gift of the Holy Ghost upon his disciples , not in the character of a prophet , but as the eternal Sovereign of the Church . The reason , therefore , of his saying , in the present tense , " Receive ye the Holy ...
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Page 45 - And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes : and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
Page 10 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 26 - Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy 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, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Page 152 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, "Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled;" notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Page 141 - Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Page 153 - But many of them are poor, and cannot afford to do it.
Page 158 - 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 31 - For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Page 32 - The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed ! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
Page 36 - And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? 47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.