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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... strength of man is not to be sought in any intellectual , but in a moral excellence ; that neither in the one , however , nor in the other , can he hope to escape through all the difficulties where- with he is encompassed , without ...
... strength of man is not to be sought in any intellectual , but in a moral excellence ; that neither in the one , however , nor in the other , can he hope to escape through all the difficulties where- with he is encompassed , without ...
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... strength . That holy book has been so long an engrafted part of all his know- ledge , that it has become as it were his native stock . It is mixed up with all his ideas , so that he can no longer separate them from its influence . He ...
... strength . That holy book has been so long an engrafted part of all his know- ledge , that it has become as it were his native stock . It is mixed up with all his ideas , so that he can no longer separate them from its influence . He ...
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... strength of individual conviction ; -if he be of this temper , and , at the same time , stored ( as it is then probable he will be ) with a sufficient share of abi- lity and learning to unravel the intricacies of argu- ment , and to ...
... strength of individual conviction ; -if he be of this temper , and , at the same time , stored ( as it is then probable he will be ) with a sufficient share of abi- lity and learning to unravel the intricacies of argu- ment , and to ...
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... strength of the very strongest , as well as of the weakest among us all ; so much so , that , in fact , without it all our seeming acquired strength becomes only our greatest danger . For it must be by suffering themselves precipi ...
... strength of the very strongest , as well as of the weakest among us all ; so much so , that , in fact , without it all our seeming acquired strength becomes only our greatest danger . For it must be by suffering themselves precipi ...
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... strength- ening in the truth such brethren as have already implicitly received it . Such expansion will accordingly be the object of the present Lecture : in which it will be endea- voured to illustrate this proposition ; that the ap ...
... strength- ening in the truth such brethren as have already implicitly received it . Such expansion will accordingly be the object of the present Lecture : in which it will be endea- voured to illustrate this proposition ; that the ap ...
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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.