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... origin might , under a favourable combination of events , have spread through the world , and obtained the assent of mankind , more rapidly and more generally than the Gospel did on its first promulgation . But the Gospel had no outward ...
... origin might , under a favourable combination of events , have spread through the world , and obtained the assent of mankind , more rapidly and more generally than the Gospel did on its first promulgation . But the Gospel had no outward ...
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... aspect which Christianity now presents . He will say , and say truly , that the preva- lence of our religion at the present day is not a conclusive proof of its divine origin , any more 12 THE PROGRESS OF THE GOSPEL ( LECT . I.
... aspect which Christianity now presents . He will say , and say truly , that the preva- lence of our religion at the present day is not a conclusive proof of its divine origin , any more 12 THE PROGRESS OF THE GOSPEL ( LECT . I.
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William Gilson Humphry. a conclusive proof of its divine origin , any more than the religions of Mahomet and Brahma are proved to be true by their pre- dominance in Asia and India : for the human mind is so constituted , as to acquiesce ...
William Gilson Humphry. a conclusive proof of its divine origin , any more than the religions of Mahomet and Brahma are proved to be true by their pre- dominance in Asia and India : for the human mind is so constituted , as to acquiesce ...
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... origin . It was attested by miracles , it was heralded by prophecies , it was recommended by its intrinsic excellence , and by the fruit which it bore in the lives of those who adopted it . Assuming , therefore , the divine origin of ...
... origin . It was attested by miracles , it was heralded by prophecies , it was recommended by its intrinsic excellence , and by the fruit which it bore in the lives of those who adopted it . Assuming , therefore , the divine origin of ...
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... origin in the constitution of our nature , in the state of society , in the moral and political condition of mankind . But we , as Christian men , in the spirit of a sounder philosophy , assert the cooperation of other causes , such as ...
... origin in the constitution of our nature , in the state of society , in the moral and political condition of mankind . But we , as Christian men , in the spirit of a sounder philosophy , assert the cooperation of other causes , such as ...
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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.