An Essay on the Character and Practical Writings of Saint Paul, Volume 1T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1819 |
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... tilence ? Nor does reason , mere human reason , seem to have grown wiser in her old age . During the late attempt to establish heathenism in a neighbouring country , does it not look as if the thirty MORALITY OF PAGANISM . 13.
... tilence ? Nor does reason , mere human reason , seem to have grown wiser in her old age . During the late attempt to establish heathenism in a neighbouring country , does it not look as if the thirty MORALITY OF PAGANISM . 13.
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... seems obvious , that unlettered men were appointed to this great work , in order that the success of the Gospel might not be suspected of owing any thing to natural ability , or to splendid attainment . This arrangement , while it ...
... seems obvious , that unlettered men were appointed to this great work , in order that the success of the Gospel might not be suspected of owing any thing to natural ability , or to splendid attainment . This arrangement , while it ...
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... seem to be raised up to confirm and ratify all the truths he had so furiously opposed ; to become the most able advo- cate of the cause he had réprobated , the most powerful champion of the Saviour he had vilified . He was raised up to ...
... seem to be raised up to confirm and ratify all the truths he had so furiously opposed ; to become the most able advo- cate of the cause he had réprobated , the most powerful champion of the Saviour he had vilified . He was raised up to ...
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... seems to have been providentially preserved for the very purpose of protecting the Gospel from innovations which were beginning to corrupt it . The narratives of the Evangelists would indeed have remained perfect 54 EPISTOLARY WRITERS .
... seems to have been providentially preserved for the very purpose of protecting the Gospel from innovations which were beginning to corrupt it . The narratives of the Evangelists would indeed have remained perfect 54 EPISTOLARY WRITERS .
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... began to do , and to teach , till he was taken up , after that he had through the Holy Ghost given commandment to the Apostles , ' seems plainly to indicate that the doing and the teaching D 4 EPISTOLARY WRITERS . 55.
... began to do , and to teach , till he was taken up , after that he had through the Holy Ghost given commandment to the Apostles , ' seems plainly to indicate that the doing and the teaching D 4 EPISTOLARY WRITERS . 55.
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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.