Sermons on Various Subjects, Volume 2Rivington, 1825 |
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... true of the writings of an age and country in which much of this sort was unknown ; and of an author , the energy of whose thought was not wont to be confined by rules of art , and whose subject overpowered all the lesser consi ...
... true of the writings of an age and country in which much of this sort was unknown ; and of an author , the energy of whose thought was not wont to be confined by rules of art , and whose subject overpowered all the lesser consi ...
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... true , is of infinite and of uni- versal value . To investigate the authority , and to interpret the sense of these important pages , is one of the most respectable offices which can be imposed upon learning or talents - and that office ...
... true , is of infinite and of uni- versal value . To investigate the authority , and to interpret the sense of these important pages , is one of the most respectable offices which can be imposed upon learning or talents - and that office ...
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... true philosophy the first business is to explore and to display the agency of a benevolent Power . For instance , there exists not so decisive a proof of design , and of contrivance to accomplish it , as in the structure of the eye of ...
... true philosophy the first business is to explore and to display the agency of a benevolent Power . For instance , there exists not so decisive a proof of design , and of contrivance to accomplish it , as in the structure of the eye of ...
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... true ? And this support will not fail us . Erect amidst the ruins of a tottering age , the pilgrim proceeds in his course without perturbation or dismay endeavouring , indeed , according to his power , and interceding earnestly for ...
... true ? And this support will not fail us . Erect amidst the ruins of a tottering age , the pilgrim proceeds in his course without perturbation or dismay endeavouring , indeed , according to his power , and interceding earnestly for ...
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... true ) , he might have founded his pretensions on any other thing than truth ; he would necessarily have fallen in with the established opinion of the country , and produced himself in the cha- racter which they expected . Suppose he ...
... true ) , he might have founded his pretensions on any other thing than truth ; he would necessarily have fallen in with the established opinion of the country , and produced himself in the cha- racter which they expected . Suppose he ...
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Page 68 - Moreover, brethren I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand, by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures...
Page 311 - Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Page 291 - But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Page 70 - Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God; even to us who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
Page 55 - Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Page 325 - And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging : to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
Page 73 - Cephas, then of the twelve; after that he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
Page 319 - But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice...
Page 349 - Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things, which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eye-witnesses and ministers of the word...