An Essay on the Character and Practical Writings of Saint Paul, Volume 1T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1819 |
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... present undertaking , that these little volumes are not of a critical but of a practical nature . On the doctrinal portion , more espe- cially , of Saint Paul's Epistles , such a multitude of admirable discourses have been composed ...
... present undertaking , that these little volumes are not of a critical but of a practical nature . On the doctrinal portion , more espe- cially , of Saint Paul's Epistles , such a multitude of admirable discourses have been composed ...
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... present explorer , who had no skill to penetrate his depths , has been sometimes surprised at the opulence , which lay upon the surface , and of which she had not before , per haps , fully estimated the value . pre- There are , it is ...
... present explorer , who had no skill to penetrate his depths , has been sometimes surprised at the opulence , which lay upon the surface , and of which she had not before , per haps , fully estimated the value . pre- There are , it is ...
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... to life and manners ; that many , while they highly respect the Writer , think him too high for ordinary use . It has , therefore , been her particular object in the present work , not indeed to diminish the X PREFACE .
... to life and manners ; that many , while they highly respect the Writer , think him too high for ordinary use . It has , therefore , been her particular object in the present work , not indeed to diminish the X PREFACE .
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Hannah More. in the present work , not indeed to diminish the dignity of the Apostle , but to diminish , in one sense , the distance at which we are apt to hold so exalted a model ; to draw him into a more intimate connection with ...
Hannah More. in the present work , not indeed to diminish the dignity of the Apostle , but to diminish , in one sense , the distance at which we are apt to hold so exalted a model ; to draw him into a more intimate connection with ...
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... presents not only the highest perfection , but the surest standard , of morals .. In a multitude of the noble sentences and beautiful aphorisms of many of the heathen writers , there was indeed a strong tone of morality . But these fine ...
... presents not only the highest perfection , but the surest standard , of morals .. In a multitude of the noble sentences and beautiful aphorisms of many of the heathen writers , there was indeed a strong tone of morality . But these fine ...
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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.