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... Means , by which the grand Scheme of the Gospel was effected In the Procefs there could be no Fallacy Obfervations upon Part of the Eighth Chapter of Judges ; and fome other Portions of Scrip- ture , which are connected with it ...
... Means , by which the grand Scheme of the Gospel was effected In the Procefs there could be no Fallacy Obfervations upon Part of the Eighth Chapter of Judges ; and fome other Portions of Scrip- ture , which are connected with it ...
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... means understood : for they militate against the very purpose for which they were in- troduced . The true God was not to be found amid that herd of monsters : nor did the honours paid to them relate to his wor- ship . It is faid , that ...
... means understood : for they militate against the very purpose for which they were in- troduced . The true God was not to be found amid that herd of monsters : nor did the honours paid to them relate to his wor- ship . It is faid , that ...
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... mean time this widely separated peo- ple remain a continued miracle ; and have fo remained for ages . They are a lasting monument of prophetic veracity ; and , wherever their fortune has driven them , they have been an astonishment , a ...
... mean time this widely separated peo- ple remain a continued miracle ; and have fo remained for ages . They are a lasting monument of prophetic veracity ; and , wherever their fortune has driven them , they have been an astonishment , a ...
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... means re- quifite to carry on this great work . For these nations were widely feparated : and as they were of different rites and manners , fo they were of different languages . How then was it poffible for a few illiterate men of ...
... means re- quifite to carry on this great work . For these nations were widely feparated : and as they were of different rites and manners , fo they were of different languages . How then was it poffible for a few illiterate men of ...
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... gofpel . The prejudices and difficulties , which I have here mentioned , could not have been removed by human means . We perceive the power of God through the whole operation . The The third Difficulty . We fee now the apostles freed ( 50 )
... gofpel . The prejudices and difficulties , which I have here mentioned , could not have been removed by human means . We perceive the power of God through the whole operation . The The third Difficulty . We fee now the apostles freed ( 50 )
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Page 32 - But he answered and said unto him that told him, " Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?" And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, "Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister and mother.
Page 217 - The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you ; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
Page 178 - Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he.
Page 108 - And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bride-chamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them ? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
Page 77 - And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 17 - Vain, wretched creature, how art thou misled To think thy wit these godlike notions bred! These truths are not the product of thy mind, But dropp'd from heaven, and of a nobler kind.
Page 68 - And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
Page 213 - Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs; but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
Page 78 - And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed ? but where are the nine ? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
Page 180 - If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. ^But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works : that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.