The Works of Richard Hurd, Lord Bishop of Worcester: Theological worksT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1811 - Theology, Doctrinal |
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... thought more conclusive , at least would be more distinctly apprehended , if men could be kept from mixing their own prejudices and preconceptions with it . The general question may be expressed thus - " Whether the predictions in the ...
... thought more conclusive , at least would be more distinctly apprehended , if men could be kept from mixing their own prejudices and preconceptions with it . The general question may be expressed thus - " Whether the predictions in the ...
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... thoughts are not as our thoughts ; and that , if the prophet's foresight be under the divine influence , there may be reason enough to direct it towards such scenes and objects , as we might be apt to undervalue or overlook . It is even ...
... thoughts are not as our thoughts ; and that , if the prophet's foresight be under the divine influence , there may be reason enough to direct it towards such scenes and objects , as we might be apt to undervalue or overlook . It is even ...
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... thought the attributes of their gods , if any such there were , concemned in giving some notice of fu turity to mankind . i * . , ; . . , ' i . 2. Others , again , encouraged in this con jectural ingenuity by partial views of scripture ...
... thought the attributes of their gods , if any such there were , concemned in giving some notice of fu turity to mankind . i * . , ; . . , ' i . 2. Others , again , encouraged in this con jectural ingenuity by partial views of scripture ...
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... thoughts to nobler contemplations , and conclude that this intercourse between heaven and earth can only be carried on with the sublime view of preserving an awful sense of Providence in an impious and careless world . 1 Vanity , or ...
... thoughts to nobler contemplations , and conclude that this intercourse between heaven and earth can only be carried on with the sublime view of preserving an awful sense of Providence in an impious and careless world . 1 Vanity , or ...
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... thought difficult . But it is very certain that the Jews , before the coming of Christ , gave this construction to their scriptures : they even looked beyond the letter of their sacred books , and conceived the testimony of the Messiah ...
... thought difficult . But it is very certain that the Jews , before the coming of Christ , gave this construction to their scriptures : they even looked beyond the letter of their sacred books , and conceived the testimony of the Messiah ...
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Page 105 - Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Page 164 - Behold my servant, whom I have chosen ; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased : I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
Page 73 - I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen : but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. 19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
Page 30 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come ; that Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
Page 154 - It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a Light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Page 162 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: which indeed is the least of all seeds : but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Page 160 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt...
Page 143 - And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them : for I am the LORD their God.
Page 285 - I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots; and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
Page 177 - And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.