The Ground and Credibility of the Christian Religion: In a Course of Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford, at the Lecture Founded by the Rev. John Bampton |
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... marked your Character through life , you will I am fure ac- cept with Condefcenfion the efforts thus excited , to elucidate the Truth and Purity of that Religion , of which you have ever discovered yourself in Heart and Practice a warm ...
... marked your Character through life , you will I am fure ac- cept with Condefcenfion the efforts thus excited , to elucidate the Truth and Purity of that Religion , of which you have ever discovered yourself in Heart and Practice a warm ...
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... marked his origin , as his miffion , divine .护 VII . From the authorities of the Old Teftament , respecting the nature and dignity of the Meffiah , I propose to pur- fue my investigation of the subject through the Scriptures of the New ...
... marked his origin , as his miffion , divine .护 VII . From the authorities of the Old Teftament , respecting the nature and dignity of the Meffiah , I propose to pur- fue my investigation of the subject through the Scriptures of the New ...
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... marked by the doctrine , which they tended to establish ; the doctrine of pure Theifm : and the effect , that hath been already experi- enced from them , is the acknowledg- ment of that doctrine by the much greater part of the globe ...
... marked by the doctrine , which they tended to establish ; the doctrine of pure Theifm : and the effect , that hath been already experi- enced from them , is the acknowledg- ment of that doctrine by the much greater part of the globe ...
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... marked a devoted people . It was uninterruptedly inculcated by all their prophets , down from Mofes to Malachi : who uniform- ly predicted a particular kingdom , that God would erect , which fhould never be destroyed ; and a particular ...
... marked a devoted people . It was uninterruptedly inculcated by all their prophets , down from Mofes to Malachi : who uniform- ly predicted a particular kingdom , that God would erect , which fhould never be destroyed ; and a particular ...
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... marked out , or called forth , as it is expreffed , not by exploits of conqueft , but as an exemplar of righteousness : his destination is , not to controul the world with the authority of a chief and con- queror , but to diffeminate ...
... marked out , or called forth , as it is expreffed , not by exploits of conqueft , but as an exemplar of righteousness : his destination is , not to controul the world with the authority of a chief and con- queror , but to diffeminate ...
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Page 1 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies : and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand : and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Page 243 - He that cometh from above is above all ; he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth ; he that cometh from heaven is above all.
Page iii - Heads of Colleges only, and by no others, in the room adjoining to the Printing-House, between the hours of ten in the morning and two in the afternoon, to preach eight Divinity Lecture Sermons, the year following, at St. Mary's in Oxford, between the commencement of the last month in Lent Term, and the end of the third week in Act Term.
Page 212 - I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles...
Page iii - ... deductions made) that he pay all the remainder to the endowment of eight Divinity Lecture Sermons, to be...
Page 245 - I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins : for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
Page 235 - All things are delivered to me of my Father : and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father ; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
Page iv - Sermons shall be always printed, within two months after they are preached; and one copy shall be given to the Chancellor of the University, and one copy to the Head of every College, and one copy to the Mayor of the city of Oxford, and one copy to be put into the Bodleian Library; and the...
Page iv - Sermons shall be preached upon either of the following Subjects — to confirm and establish the Christian Faith, and to confute all heretics and schismatics — upon the divine authority of the holy Scriptures — upon the authority of the writings of the primitive Fathers, as to the faith and practice of the primitive Church — upon the Divinity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ — upon the Divinity of the Holy Ghost — upon the Articles of the Christian Faith, as comprehended in the Apostles
Page 256 - I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word: that they all may be one, as thou, Father, art in me and I in thee, that they may be one in us...