An Essay on the Character and Practical Writings of Saint Paul, Volume 1T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1819 |
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... fact not requiring fresh authentication ; an- other again plainly adverting to it by " the WORD that was made flesh , and dwelt among us ; " and adding a new cir- cumstance by citing the testimony of the Baptist to " the Lamb of God ...
... fact not requiring fresh authentication ; an- other again plainly adverting to it by " the WORD that was made flesh , and dwelt among us ; " and adding a new cir- cumstance by citing the testimony of the Baptist to " the Lamb of God ...
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... Facts alone supply the void ; and what facts ? The earth quakes , the sun is eclipsed , the graves give up their dead . In such a history , it is very true , fidelity was praise , fact was glory . And yet , if , on the one hand , there ...
... Facts alone supply the void ; and what facts ? The earth quakes , the sun is eclipsed , the graves give up their dead . In such a history , it is very true , fidelity was praise , fact was glory . And yet , if , on the one hand , there ...
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... facts , but of important principles ; not in the records of the biographer , but in the doctrines of the saint . To the history of Saint Paul in the Sacred Oracles succeed his Epistles . And these Epistles , as if through design , open ...
... facts , but of important principles ; not in the records of the biographer , but in the doctrines of the saint . To the history of Saint Paul in the Sacred Oracles succeed his Epistles . And these Epistles , as if through design , open ...
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... fact , he added nothing to the Gospel revelation , and in point of doc- trin he only gave a larger exposition of truths previously communicated , of duties already enjoined , yet here was the war- rant of his teaching , the broad seal ...
... fact , he added nothing to the Gospel revelation , and in point of doc- trin he only gave a larger exposition of truths previously communicated , of duties already enjoined , yet here was the war- rant of his teaching , the broad seal ...
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... fact three several times , we are not left to depend for its truth entirely on Saint Paul's own fre- quent allusions to it . T Much suspicion of this great Apostle is avowedly grounded on the remark of Saint Peter , who , in adverting ...
... fact three several times , we are not left to depend for its truth entirely on Saint Paul's own fre- quent allusions to it . T Much suspicion of this great Apostle is avowedly grounded on the remark of Saint Peter , who , in adverting ...
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Page 125 - Therefore let no man glory in men ; for all things are yours, whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come ; all are yours, and ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
Page 265 - And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead...
Page 266 - Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us ; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men : 16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always : for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
Page 264 - That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.
Page 104 - honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good " report ; if there be any virtue, and " if there be any praise, think on these
Page 264 - For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man...
Page 33 - AND as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the receipt of custom : and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
Page 266 - Jews ; who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us. and they please not God, and are contrary to all men : forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles, that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway; for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
Page 69 - Paul enjoin any thing more contrary to nature than the excision of a right hand, or the plucking out of a right eye? Does Paul any where exhibit a menace, I will not say more alarming, but so repeatedly alarming, as his Divine Master, who expressly, in one chapter only, the 9th of St. Mark, three several times denounces eternal punishment on the irreclaimably impenitent, awfully marking not only the specific place, but the specific torment, — the undying worm, and the unquenched fire?
Page 187 - So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people : for all men glorified God for that which was done.