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... Christ's setting forth of his relations to his people under those of a shepherd to his sheep , is termed a " pro- verb , " though our translators , holding fast to the sense rather than to the letter , have rendered it a " parable ...
... Christ's setting forth of his relations to his people under those of a shepherd to his sheep , is termed a " pro- verb , " though our translators , holding fast to the sense rather than to the letter , have rendered it a " parable ...
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... Christ's relation to * See IRENEUS , Con . Hær . , 1. 4 , c . 14 , ◊ 3 . † Many are the sayings of a like kind among the Jewish Cabbalists . Thus in the book Sohar , Quodcunque in terrâ est , id etiam in cælo est , et nulla res tam ...
... Christ's relation to * See IRENEUS , Con . Hær . , 1. 4 , c . 14 , ◊ 3 . † Many are the sayings of a like kind among the Jewish Cabbalists . Thus in the book Sohar , Quodcunque in terrâ est , id etiam in cælo est , et nulla res tam ...
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... Christ spoke to Nicodemus of a new birth , it was not merely because birth into this natural world was the most suitable figure that could be found for the expression of that spiritual act which , without any power of our own , is ...
... Christ spoke to Nicodemus of a new birth , it was not merely because birth into this natural world was the most suitable figure that could be found for the expression of that spiritual act which , without any power of our own , is ...
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... Christ's parables are like the feathers which wing our arrows , which , though they pierce not like the head , but seem slight things and of a different matter from the rest , are yet requisite to make the shaft to pierce , and do both ...
... Christ's parables are like the feathers which wing our arrows , which , though they pierce not like the head , but seem slight things and of a different matter from the rest , are yet requisite to make the shaft to pierce , and do both ...
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... Christ , with the brightness within , -illuminating it in all its recesses and corners , and leaving no dark place in it , -by so much the more beautiful and perfect it must be esteemed . It may be further answered , that of those who ...
... Christ , with the brightness within , -illuminating it in all its recesses and corners , and leaving no dark place in it , -by so much the more beautiful and perfect it must be esteemed . It may be further answered , that of those who ...
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Page 261 - Christ, who, though he was rich, yet for our " sakes became poor, that we, through his poverty,
Page 238 - And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown and in his hand a sharp sickle.
Page 83 - So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field ? from whence then hath it tares ? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this.
Page 275 - And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Page 164 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Page 107 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ ; and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ...
Page 359 - And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness ; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
Page 385 - Him openly; not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with Him after He rose from the dead.
Page 99 - For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, And as a root out of a dry ground. He hath no form nor comeliness; And when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Page 296 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.