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... general question may be expressed thus " Whether the predictions in the Old and " New Testament do not appear to have been " so far , and in such sense , fulfilled , as to VOL . V. B I. I. SERMON " afford a reasonable conviction , that ...
... general question may be expressed thus " Whether the predictions in the Old and " New Testament do not appear to have been " so far , and in such sense , fulfilled , as to VOL . V. B I. I. SERMON " afford a reasonable conviction , that ...
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... sense of Providence in an impious and careless world . Vanity , or superstition , may they say , has suggested to particular men , or to societies of men , that their personal or civil concerns are of moment enough to be the subject of ...
... sense of Providence in an impious and careless world . Vanity , or superstition , may they say , has suggested to particular men , or to societies of men , that their personal or civil concerns are of moment enough to be the subject of ...
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... sense , and with some proper limitation , might without impiety be conceived to enter into it . But neither could it be presumed , if none of those ends could have been pointed out , that therefore there was no reasonable end of di ...
... sense , and with some proper limitation , might without impiety be conceived to enter into it . But neither could it be presumed , if none of those ends could have been pointed out , that therefore there was no reasonable end of di ...
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... sense can be affixed to them , and the sagacity of a se- cond prophet seems wanting to explain the meaning of the first . Then , again , when we come to verify these predictions by the light of history , the corre- spondence is so ...
... sense can be affixed to them , and the sagacity of a se- cond prophet seems wanting to explain the meaning of the first . Then , again , when we come to verify these predictions by the light of history , the corre- spondence is so ...
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... sense much below what may seem necessary to unavoidable conviction ? Can they even pretend , on any clear principles of reason , that very important ends , perhaps the most impor- tant , may not be answered by that mode of conveyance ...
... sense much below what may seem necessary to unavoidable conviction ? Can they even pretend , on any clear principles of reason , that very important ends , perhaps the most impor- tant , may not be answered by that mode of conveyance ...
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Page 107 - 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 24 - And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not : I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Page 166 - 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 164 - Thy people also shall be all righteous : they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation : I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
Page 75 - 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 32 - 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 175 - Little children, it is the last time ; and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
Page 31 - But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
Page 290 - ... shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
Page 310 - Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord's hand, that made all the earth drunken : the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.