A free and candid examination of the principles advanced in ... the lord bishop of London's ... Sermons, lately published; and in his ... Discourses on prophecy. By the author of The critical enquiry into the opinions and practice of the ancient philosophers1756 |
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Page 49
... expect eternal life by the Redeemer of the world , or had been inftructed in the means of falvation revealed in the Gospel . He fays also , that " the Law had a sha- " dow of good things to come , and not the very image of the things ...
... expect eternal life by the Redeemer of the world , or had been inftructed in the means of falvation revealed in the Gospel . He fays also , that " the Law had a sha- " dow of good things to come , and not the very image of the things ...
Page 59
... expect to fee God's promifes to them ac- complished and fulfilled after death ? Where , indeed , on the commonly received system , could they fo naturally look for an accom- plifhment of thefe promises , as in another life ? " Jewish ...
... expect to fee God's promifes to them ac- complished and fulfilled after death ? Where , indeed , on the commonly received system , could they fo naturally look for an accom- plifhment of thefe promises , as in another life ? " Jewish ...
Page 61
... embellish and improve the common system , and fhew from these texts that David 2 Pfalm xvi . 9 , 10 , II . Pfalm xxiii . 6. Ixi . 4 . • Vol . ii . p . expect- expected to enjoy a state of everlasting hap pinefs , [ 61 ]
... embellish and improve the common system , and fhew from these texts that David 2 Pfalm xvi . 9 , 10 , II . Pfalm xxiii . 6. Ixi . 4 . • Vol . ii . p . expect- expected to enjoy a state of everlasting hap pinefs , [ 61 ]
Page 62
... expect no- thing but extinction ; and , when things went better , exult in the delightful profpects of futurity : But to make the Prophet of God fubject to these inequalities , presents us with a very grotefque Character . Sometimes he ...
... expect no- thing but extinction ; and , when things went better , exult in the delightful profpects of futurity : But to make the Prophet of God fubject to these inequalities , presents us with a very grotefque Character . Sometimes he ...
Page 67
... expect to find his Lordship fo folicitous about the fate of these natural arguments , as he affirmed in his first fermon , " that to them who rely on nature only , it is " not evident , nor can it be , whether any " future reward fhall ...
... expect to find his Lordship fo folicitous about the fate of these natural arguments , as he affirmed in his first fermon , " that to them who rely on nature only , it is " not evident , nor can it be , whether any " future reward fhall ...
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Popular passages
Page 364 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ ; and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ...
Page 45 - Now I say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all ; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
Page 35 - In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord.
Page 176 - Righteous art Thou, O Lord, when I plead with Thee : yet let me talk with Thee of Thy judgments : wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
Page 358 - 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 45 - Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world : But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Page 45 - ... but when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And, because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son ; and if a Son, then an heir of God, through Christ.
Page 59 - For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Page 293 - That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day : That he may establish thee to-day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God ; as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Page 35 - ... even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer : their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar ; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.