The early progress of the gospel: in 8 sermons |
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... concerning which we cannot tell " whence it cometh , nor whither it goeth . " Yet we may hope that the consideration of this subject , imperfect as it must needs be , will be profitable to us , and attended with some practical lessons ...
... concerning which we cannot tell " whence it cometh , nor whither it goeth . " Yet we may hope that the consideration of this subject , imperfect as it must needs be , will be profitable to us , and attended with some practical lessons ...
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... . Many forms of religious belief , as we know , have prevailed extensively , and do still prevail , concerning which we are sure that they are not of God . They have been successful , yet they are not true : and when LECTURE II .
... . Many forms of religious belief , as we know , have prevailed extensively , and do still prevail , concerning which we are sure that they are not of God . They have been successful , yet they are not true : and when LECTURE II .
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... concerning the Christ : " and he bare witness unto the truth2 . " John answered and said , " There standeth one among you , whom ye know not ; he it is , who coming after me is preferred before me : for he was before me3 . " But the ...
... concerning the Christ : " and he bare witness unto the truth2 . " John answered and said , " There standeth one among you , whom ye know not ; he it is , who coming after me is preferred before me : for he was before me3 . " But the ...
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... concerning himself were discredited , and the testimony of John had lost its weight , he referred men to his mira- cles , as to an evidence which was notorious , incontrovertible , and level to every man's understanding . He alluded ...
... concerning himself were discredited , and the testimony of John had lost its weight , he referred men to his mira- cles , as to an evidence which was notorious , incontrovertible , and level to every man's understanding . He alluded ...
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... concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished ' . " And again , " The Son of man goeth as it is written of him ; but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed . " But we are told by the Evangelist , that " they understood ...
... concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished ' . " And again , " The Son of man goeth as it is written of him ; but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed . " But we are told by the Evangelist , that " they understood ...
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Page 168 - I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil : and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars : and hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Page 161 - In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so. Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Page 190 - But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage ? Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
Page 55 - Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures ; and said unto them ; Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Page 156 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live, are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
Page 53 - The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.