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... THOUGHT that it might be of service , if I pre⚫ fixed to this Poem a few remarks on some of the proofs of the truth of Christianity . It is required , in an age like this , when the adversaries of the gospel are so vehement in their ...
... THOUGHT that it might be of service , if I pre⚫ fixed to this Poem a few remarks on some of the proofs of the truth of Christianity . It is required , in an age like this , when the adversaries of the gospel are so vehement in their ...
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... thoughts arise in your hearts ? Behold my hands and my feet , that it is I myself . Handle me , and see : for a spirit hath not flesh and bones , as ye see me have . And when he had thus spoken , he shewed them his hands and his feet ...
... thoughts arise in your hearts ? Behold my hands and my feet , that it is I myself . Handle me , and see : for a spirit hath not flesh and bones , as ye see me have . And when he had thus spoken , he shewed them his hands and his feet ...
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... thought the welfare , the existence of the state , required its extirpation ; which would never have happened , if it had not been founded on truth , if it had not been the word of God . If the report of the apostles had been false , in ...
... thought the welfare , the existence of the state , required its extirpation ; which would never have happened , if it had not been founded on truth , if it had not been the word of God . If the report of the apostles had been false , in ...
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... thought of this short life the fev'rish dream Of his existence was the poor extreme . And ev❜n than theirs , still less can I affect , The odious tenets of the latter sect ; Who learnt from them their speculative lore , But from their ...
... thought of this short life the fev'rish dream Of his existence was the poor extreme . And ev❜n than theirs , still less can I affect , The odious tenets of the latter sect ; Who learnt from them their speculative lore , But from their ...
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... thought , and drops the thirsty sword . Unmanly Fear , with abject thoughts deprest , To courage brightens his aspiring crest . The Christian should disdain improper fear , For cowardice is a destructive snare . ' Tis better in a worthy ...
... thought , and drops the thirsty sword . Unmanly Fear , with abject thoughts deprest , To courage brightens his aspiring crest . The Christian should disdain improper fear , For cowardice is a destructive snare . ' Tis better in a worthy ...
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Page 199 - And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people ; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
Page 7 - And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other, and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
Page 12 - And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. 38 And she coming in that instant, gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
Page 200 - But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many. 45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
Page 24 - And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, saying The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
Page 9 - Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince, shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks : the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Page 11 - And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Page 92 - For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits ; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved...
Page 24 - Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Page 10 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.