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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... measure of capa- city which man possesses ; -there is always danger that such exhortations may too much discourage conscious mediocrity , or inferiority of talent , by making it feel , to what an immeasurable distance it is thrown ...
... measure of capa- city which man possesses ; -there is always danger that such exhortations may too much discourage conscious mediocrity , or inferiority of talent , by making it feel , to what an immeasurable distance it is thrown ...
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... measure of acceptance , in kind , as we receive Scripture itself : not hastily taking part against it ( as so many do ) on ac- count of incidental or subordinate objections ; but accept- ing it , in Christian duty , as it is , and ...
... measure of acceptance , in kind , as we receive Scripture itself : not hastily taking part against it ( as so many do ) on ac- count of incidental or subordinate objections ; but accept- ing it , in Christian duty , as it is , and ...
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... measure of natural ; -these have be- guiled us . The aspects of a great portion of the professed literary and scientific world in particular ; the cases that may be seen of so many of our own most promising students , almost as soon as ...
... measure of natural ; -these have be- guiled us . The aspects of a great portion of the professed literary and scientific world in particular ; the cases that may be seen of so many of our own most promising students , almost as soon as ...
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... as methods of obtaining the divine favour ; or the measure of promise vouchsafed to each ; or the character and persons of their respective Promulgators . " Old and New Testament everlasting life is offered " LECTURE II . 29.
... as methods of obtaining the divine favour ; or the measure of promise vouchsafed to each ; or the character and persons of their respective Promulgators . " Old and New Testament everlasting life is offered " LECTURE II . 29.
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... measures of unassisted human reason ? and that , after all balancing of doubts and difficul- ties , the wisest among these have come to the con- clusion , ( conjectural , indeed , but still their conclu- sion , ) that it is an immortal ...
... measures of unassisted human reason ? and that , after all balancing of doubts and difficul- ties , the wisest among these have come to the con- clusion , ( conjectural , indeed , but still their conclu- sion , ) that it is an immortal ...
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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.