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Page 77
We learn from the New Testament in what manner this sanction of a religion
should be revealed . And we never fail to observe , for the honour of the Gospel ,
that a future state is delivered by it in such a plain , open , and explicite manner ,
as ...
We learn from the New Testament in what manner this sanction of a religion
should be revealed . And we never fail to observe , for the honour of the Gospel ,
that a future state is delivered by it in such a plain , open , and explicite manner ,
as ...
Page 86
tempts to mend the works of grace than those of nature , and presumes not to
dictate and prescribe in what manner God should or ought to have acted , when
the written word has informed him in what manner he really did act . It is much
better ...
tempts to mend the works of grace than those of nature , and presumes not to
dictate and prescribe in what manner God should or ought to have acted , when
the written word has informed him in what manner he really did act . It is much
better ...
Page 131
... and inconceive able , was the common subject of the ancient prophecies ; or
was exhibited and prefigured by them , but in such a manner as would keep it out
of sight , fince it was to continue a mystery , notwithstanding the prefiguration and
...
... and inconceive able , was the common subject of the ancient prophecies ; or
was exhibited and prefigured by them , but in such a manner as would keep it out
of sight , fince it was to continue a mystery , notwithstanding the prefiguration and
...
Page 133
To overthrow the use of secondary prophecies , you must either fuppose there
was no necessity that the Gospel doctrines should be prefigured by the Law , or
at least , that they should be prefigured in a covert and obscure manner . manner
.
To overthrow the use of secondary prophecies , you must either fuppose there
was no necessity that the Gospel doctrines should be prefigured by the Law , or
at least , that they should be prefigured in a covert and obscure manner . manner
.
Page 140
These fpiritual and future blessings therefore would have been not only intimated
in a dark and distant manner , but revealed in plain and express terms . For a
declaration that they were couched under these figurative representations , types
...
These fpiritual and future blessings therefore would have been not only intimated
in a dark and distant manner , but revealed in plain and express terms . For a
declaration that they were couched under these figurative representations , types
...
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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.
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| Title | 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 philosophers |
| Author | John Towne |
| Published | 1756 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 26 Apr 2007 |
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