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... sense , be so high as to entitle it to be considered pre - eminently the religion of the wise and good , and to render the duration of this distinction probable during many future centuries , it is not pre- tended to decide in this work ...
... sense , be so high as to entitle it to be considered pre - eminently the religion of the wise and good , and to render the duration of this distinction probable during many future centuries , it is not pre- tended to decide in this work ...
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... sense which they have zealously copied from the patriarchs ; and the subjects of instruction are piety , holi- ness , righteousness ; domestic and political economy ; the knowledge of things really good , bad , and indifferent.
... sense which they have zealously copied from the patriarchs ; and the subjects of instruction are piety , holi- ness , righteousness ; domestic and political economy ; the knowledge of things really good , bad , and indifferent.
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... sense , convey also a figurative sense ad- dressed to the understanding . They possess also the com- mentaries of those sages who , being the founders of the sect , left behind them numerous monuments of the allegorical style . These ...
... sense , convey also a figurative sense ad- dressed to the understanding . They possess also the com- mentaries of those sages who , being the founders of the sect , left behind them numerous monuments of the allegorical style . These ...
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... sense of the national degradation , and an unquenchable desire of release . These feelings found a partial vent in the anticipation of the miraculous deliverance promised by the prophets . In the chief towns , open displays even of this ...
... sense of the national degradation , and an unquenchable desire of release . These feelings found a partial vent in the anticipation of the miraculous deliverance promised by the prophets . In the chief towns , open displays even of this ...
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... sense ; ‡ and delivered his own say- ings with force and sufficiency.§ Whilst admitting to him- self only the office of fulfilling the law and the prophets , he , in reality , made these the stock on which he grafted his own thoughts ...
... sense ; ‡ and delivered his own say- ings with force and sufficiency.§ Whilst admitting to him- self only the office of fulfilling the law and the prophets , he , in reality , made these the stock on which he grafted his own thoughts ...
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Page 344 - But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel ; And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh : and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy...
Page 226 - So when they had dined, JESUS saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou Me more than these ? He saith unto him, Yea, LORD ; Thou knowest that I love Thee. He saith unto him, Feed My lambs. He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou Me ? He saith unto Him, Yea, LORD ; Thou knowest that I love Thee.
Page 221 - And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it [pi.
Page 105 - Wherefore if they shall say unto you. Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
Page 204 - Wherefore, of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
Page 111 - AND when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them ; and straightway he will send them.
Page 105 - Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Page 53 - Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre and seeth the linen clothes lie, and the napkin that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes but wrapped together in a place by itself.
Page 144 - And behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And JESUS put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will, be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Page 215 - 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.