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... grounds on which the Baptist , who himself performed no miracles , established his claims to the character of the inspired forerunner of the Messiah . We are informed , that , at a time when the influence of true religion had been ...
... grounds on which the Baptist , who himself performed no miracles , established his claims to the character of the inspired forerunner of the Messiah . We are informed , that , at a time when the influence of true religion had been ...
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... grounds on which our opponents proceed , that the shortest way to refute their reasoning , is simply to state it . What should we think of the judgment and critical opinions of a man , who should express 3 These are mentioned by Paley ...
... grounds on which our opponents proceed , that the shortest way to refute their reasoning , is simply to state it . What should we think of the judgment and critical opinions of a man , who should express 3 These are mentioned by Paley ...
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... ground for believing that Marcion had any pressing motives to induce him to adopt a garbled copy of St. Luke ; and ... grounds , stated by Michaelis * , for suspecting a work to be spurious , none can be applied to this portion of the ...
... ground for believing that Marcion had any pressing motives to induce him to adopt a garbled copy of St. Luke ; and ... grounds , stated by Michaelis * , for suspecting a work to be spurious , none can be applied to this portion of the ...
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... grounds the authority of the chapters is unimpaired . See Grotius , De Verit . Rel . Christ . lib . iii . sect . 15 , & c . ་ the Baptist , which is contained in the first chapters 15 If the chapters had been fabricated by igno- ...
... grounds the authority of the chapters is unimpaired . See Grotius , De Verit . Rel . Christ . lib . iii . sect . 15 , & c . ་ the Baptist , which is contained in the first chapters 15 If the chapters had been fabricated by igno- ...
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... ground . It must be granted , therefore , that the facts must have been commonly known ; the story then could not have been invented by St. Luke . Nor in- deed is there any internal mark of forgery in his relation . " There is always ...
... ground . It must be granted , therefore , that the facts must have been commonly known ; the story then could not have been invented by St. Luke . Nor in- deed is there any internal mark of forgery in his relation . " There is always ...
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Page 38 - O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high . mountain: O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God.
Page 39 - BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me : and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple; even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in; behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 38 - The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together : for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Page 79 - There is another that beareth witness of me, and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
Page 75 - And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; To give knowledge of salvation unto his people By the remission of their sins...
Page 34 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Page 84 - What shall we do then? 11 He answereth, and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none ; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
Page 47 - And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. 14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
Page 76 - If there arise among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or wonder come to pass whereof .he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods which thou hast not known, and let us serve them ; thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams ; for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Page 84 - Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror : and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. 34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.