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... Prophecy 158 4. The early success of Christianity ......... 178 5. The moral and social benefits conferred on mankind by Christianity ............ 197 CHAP . IV . On the uncorrupted transmission of the Sacred Books ... .......... On the ...
... Prophecy 158 4. The early success of Christianity ......... 178 5. The moral and social benefits conferred on mankind by Christianity ............ 197 CHAP . IV . On the uncorrupted transmission of the Sacred Books ... .......... On the ...
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... prophet's chamber , his concu- bines and wives ; let her see his adultery , and hear him allege revelation and his divine commission to justify his lust and his oppression . " When she is tired with this prospect , then shew her the ...
... prophet's chamber , his concu- bines and wives ; let her see his adultery , and hear him allege revelation and his divine commission to justify his lust and his oppression . " When she is tired with this prospect , then shew her the ...
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... prophet of God ? But her answer we have already had when she saw part of this scene through the eyes of the cen- turion who attended at the cross ; by him she spake and said , Truly this man was the Son of God . " - See Sher- lock's ...
... prophet of God ? But her answer we have already had when she saw part of this scene through the eyes of the cen- turion who attended at the cross ; by him she spake and said , Truly this man was the Son of God . " - See Sher- lock's ...
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... prophecy of Balaam ; the prayer of Solomon at the dedi- cation of the Temple ; the visions of the Jewish prophets , particularly those of Isaiah ; the odes of Jesse's son ; the matchless sermon on the Mount ; the public appeals of the ...
... prophecy of Balaam ; the prayer of Solomon at the dedi- cation of the Temple ; the visions of the Jewish prophets , particularly those of Isaiah ; the odes of Jesse's son ; the matchless sermon on the Mount ; the public appeals of the ...
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... Prophet ; had they promised to their dis- ciples a life of ease and sensual indulgence ; had they exhibited in their own history an exemption from poverty , reproach , persecution , and death ; in a word , had there been any one thing ...
... Prophet ; had they promised to their dis- ciples a life of ease and sensual indulgence ; had they exhibited in their own history an exemption from poverty , reproach , persecution , and death ; in a word , had there been any one thing ...
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Page 262 - Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
Page 120 - Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, if we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole, be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
Page 232 - For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me : for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
Page 243 - But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Page 244 - Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth : for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak : and he will shew you things to come.
Page 231 - Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets; I am not come to destroy but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Page 239 - And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth ? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I, the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
Page 249 - For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Page 243 - And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him. But ye know him, for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Page 119 - Believe me, that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works