Christ to Return: A Practical Exposition of the Prophecy Recorded in the 24th and 25th Chapters of the Gospel According to St. Matthew |
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... refers the questions to two events , it must be acknowledged that he is disposed to restrict the answer of the Saviour to one , viz . the destruc- tion of Jerusalem . questions as referring to two events , the de- struction xii PREFACE .
... refers the questions to two events , it must be acknowledged that he is disposed to restrict the answer of the Saviour to one , viz . the destruc- tion of Jerusalem . questions as referring to two events , the de- struction xii PREFACE .
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... tion was positive . He staked his cause - be it spoken with reverence - upon a most improba- ble prediction . How stands the case now ? Eighteen hundred years have elapsed : all the antecedents to the second coming , one excepted , have ...
... tion was positive . He staked his cause - be it spoken with reverence - upon a most improba- ble prediction . How stands the case now ? Eighteen hundred years have elapsed : all the antecedents to the second coming , one excepted , have ...
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... tion , this apostate world of ours had become corrupt , even beyond the forbearance of the long suffering God . The end of all flesh drew nigh : a flood of waters was prepared : Jehovah said " My spirit shall not always strive with man ...
... tion , this apostate world of ours had become corrupt , even beyond the forbearance of the long suffering God . The end of all flesh drew nigh : a flood of waters was prepared : Jehovah said " My spirit shall not always strive with man ...
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... tion - the despair — the unavailing beating of the breasts , that would take place among you , my hearers , should Christ now rend the Heavens and coine down ! You would tell me There is no danger — it is not time - the Heathen are not ...
... tion - the despair — the unavailing beating of the breasts , that would take place among you , my hearers , should Christ now rend the Heavens and coine down ! You would tell me There is no danger — it is not time - the Heathen are not ...
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... tion before me , and mark scarce a family whose members are all like - minded on the important subject of piety . To the communion table , wives go up unsupported by the arm which every where else would sustain them - parents proceed ...
... tion before me , and mark scarce a family whose members are all like - minded on the important subject of piety . To the communion table , wives go up unsupported by the arm which every where else would sustain them - parents proceed ...
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Page 25 - And as he sat upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be ? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world ? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you ; for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and shall deceive many.
Page 63 - So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Page xviii - But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day : 21 for . then shall be great .tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time,, no, nor ever shall be. ^And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved : but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
Page 116 - Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels : for I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink : I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page xxii - His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant ; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things : enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Page 26 - Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Page xx - Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 43 But know this, that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
Page xx - Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season ? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, that he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
Page xxi - For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
Page 81 - But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, my lord delayeth his coming...