The Divine Authority of Holy Scripture Asserted: From Its Adaptation to the Real State of Human Nature, in Eight Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford, in the Year 1817 |
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... believe . For even a child may understand that wickedness , in others , wants correction . And this is some- thing he has always learnt ; that the Bible is against wickedness ; and religion given to man to root it out . But as years ...
... believe . For even a child may understand that wickedness , in others , wants correction . And this is some- thing he has always learnt ; that the Bible is against wickedness ; and religion given to man to root it out . But as years ...
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... believe and hope , that the equal mercy of a good Providence hath so fenced the wants of a less ac- tive intellectual power with a stronger principle of faith Let it be considered how the case stands with 8 LECTURE I.
... believe and hope , that the equal mercy of a good Providence hath so fenced the wants of a less ac- tive intellectual power with a stronger principle of faith Let it be considered how the case stands with 8 LECTURE I.
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... believe on broad and simple grounds to those , who see , intuitively , the fearful portion of the infidel , and are sure that he is wrong ; and who yet , in the midst of a perverse generation , may want sympathy , in secret , to justify ...
... believe on broad and simple grounds to those , who see , intuitively , the fearful portion of the infidel , and are sure that he is wrong ; and who yet , in the midst of a perverse generation , may want sympathy , in secret , to justify ...
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... believe with the more assured certainty , that the same Lord God omnipotent reigneth , and hath reigned always . Had it been otherwise , and had the laws , whether of physical or moral nature , ap- peared subject to mutability or ...
... believe with the more assured certainty , that the same Lord God omnipotent reigneth , and hath reigned always . Had it been otherwise , and had the laws , whether of physical or moral nature , ap- peared subject to mutability or ...
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... believe , and are assured , that a permanent existence is , and always has been in- tended as man's final destiny , we perceive , at the same time , how the knowledge of this great truth has been revealed only gradually , and not ...
... believe , and are assured , that a permanent existence is , and always has been in- tended as man's final destiny , we perceive , at the same time , how the knowledge of this great truth has been revealed only gradually , and not ...
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Page 32 - But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Page 149 - For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee ; or to say, Arise, and walk ? But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith He to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
Page 231 - What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
Page 146 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Page 145 - For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God ; for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life ; and he that believeth not the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Page 157 - And I said, This is my infirmity : but I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.
Page 125 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not...
Page 152 - Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
Page 125 - But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
Page 147 - Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.