The Works of Thomas Chalmers, D.D. Minister of the Tron Church, Glasgow, Volume 1George Goodwin, 1822 - Presbyterian Church |
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... character and designs , as to be unqualified to judge of the kind of communication that should proceed from him . To estimate aright the probable authenticity of the message from what we know of its author , would require an acquain ...
... character and designs , as to be unqualified to judge of the kind of communication that should proceed from him . To estimate aright the probable authenticity of the message from what we know of its author , would require an acquain ...
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... character of the being from whom the message professes to have come . Were the author of the message some distant and unknown individual of our own species , we would scarcely be entitled to found an argument upon any comparison of ours ...
... character of the being from whom the message professes to have come . Were the author of the message some distant and unknown individual of our own species , we would scarcely be entitled to found an argument upon any comparison of ours ...
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... character , mingles with our belief in the truth of his history . From a question of simple truth , it becomes a question in which the heart is interested ; and the subject from that moment as- sumes a certain holiness and mystery ...
... character , mingles with our belief in the truth of his history . From a question of simple truth , it becomes a question in which the heart is interested ; and the subject from that moment as- sumes a certain holiness and mystery ...
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... characters , and eviden- ces of an authentic history . The truth of the Gospel stands on a much firmer and more independent foot- ing , than many of its defenders would dare to give us any conception of . They want that boldness of ...
... characters , and eviden- ces of an authentic history . The truth of the Gospel stands on a much firmer and more independent foot- ing , than many of its defenders would dare to give us any conception of . They want that boldness of ...
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... characters , and possessing the same separate and original marks of truth with the former . If they both touched upon the same period of history , and gave testimony to the same events , it is plain that a stronger evidence for the ...
... characters , and possessing the same separate and original marks of truth with the former . If they both touched upon the same period of history , and gave testimony to the same events , it is plain that a stronger evidence for the ...
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Page 374 - And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it...
Page 372 - Every day will I bless Thee ; And I will praise Thy name for ever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; And His greatness is unsearchable.
Page 375 - Also I say unto you. Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God : But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
Page 117 - Christ not risen; and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ; whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
Page 369 - Thou, even thou, art LORD alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Page 377 - Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; the field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
Page 3 - I say unto you that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance.
Page 379 - Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].
Page 296 - And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the beasts and the elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.
Page 376 - But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.