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Page 45
His call to the Jews who resorted to his preaching was to repent , for the kingdom
of heaven is at hand . That practical virtue made an essential part of what he
meant by repentance is not left to be collected from the mere import of the word or
...
His call to the Jews who resorted to his preaching was to repent , for the kingdom
of heaven is at hand . That practical virtue made an essential part of what he
meant by repentance is not left to be collected from the mere import of the word or
...
Page 47
Agreeably hereunto , ihe benefit and blessing of Christianity , as a revelation , is
described by the apostle Peter to consist in its converting efficacy ; for addressing
the Jews upon a very signal occasion , and a very short time after our Lord ' s ...
Agreeably hereunto , ihe benefit and blessing of Christianity , as a revelation , is
described by the apostle Peter to consist in its converting efficacy ; for addressing
the Jews upon a very signal occasion , and a very short time after our Lord ' s ...
Page 48
... of the Jews first , and also of the Gentiles . ' Therefore , his expression
concerning faith , in the third chapter of this epistle , though strong , must not be
so construed as to make the author assert the direct contrary of what he had
asserted just ...
... of the Jews first , and also of the Gentiles . ' Therefore , his expression
concerning faith , in the third chapter of this epistle , though strong , must not be
so construed as to make the author assert the direct contrary of what he had
asserted just ...
Page 50
... having been born and bred up heathens or Jews , when arrived at years of
judgment and discretion , and exercising that judgment and discretion , had
voluntarily , and from conviction , quitted their native religion , become believers
in Jesus ...
... having been born and bred up heathens or Jews , when arrived at years of
judgment and discretion , and exercising that judgment and discretion , had
voluntarily , and from conviction , quitted their native religion , become believers
in Jesus ...
Page 52
ment was to prove , that the Gentiles were as properly admissible into the
christian dispensation as the Jews ; a ... which conversion to Christianity brought
with it , was neither in Jew nor Gentile attributable to their former behaviour , or to
any ...
ment was to prove , that the Gentiles were as properly admissible into the
christian dispensation as the Jews ; a ... which conversion to Christianity brought
with it , was neither in Jew nor Gentile attributable to their former behaviour , or to
any ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Sermons on Various Subjects |
| Author | William Paley |
| Publisher | Hilliard, Gray, Little and Wilkins, 1827 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 10 Feb 2009 |
| Length | 438 pages |
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