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... referred to their agency ? We shall do no more than approximate to a solu- tion of this question . Still , let us not be deterred from entertaining it ; for even if we should fail of obtaining any definite answer , we shall surely meet ...
... referred to their agency ? We shall do no more than approximate to a solu- tion of this question . Still , let us not be deterred from entertaining it ; for even if we should fail of obtaining any definite answer , we shall surely meet ...
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... referred men to his mira- cles , as to an evidence which was notorious , incontrovertible , and level to every man's understanding . He alluded indeed , in a passing way , to other kinds of evidence ; to the testimony of the Father1 ...
... referred men to his mira- cles , as to an evidence which was notorious , incontrovertible , and level to every man's understanding . He alluded indeed , in a passing way , to other kinds of evidence ; to the testimony of the Father1 ...
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... referred by the heathen to the agency of sorcery and magic . And therefore they do not put forward the miracles , as has been done in later times , to bear the main brunt of the conflict ; but having briefly noticed them , they leave ...
... referred by the heathen to the agency of sorcery and magic . And therefore they do not put forward the miracles , as has been done in later times , to bear the main brunt of the conflict ; but having briefly noticed them , they leave ...
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... referred them to prophecy , but he took away " the veil " which was on their hearts , he opened their understanding , that they might see the wondrous things con- tained in the word of God . The Apostles , in their teaching , were not ...
... referred them to prophecy , but he took away " the veil " which was on their hearts , he opened their understanding , that they might see the wondrous things con- tained in the word of God . The Apostles , in their teaching , were not ...
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... referred to the Messiah and his times . We are assured , that almost every passage of the Old Testament which the Apostles applied to Jesus , was already re- garded by the Jews as prophetic of the Messiah . Thus we learn from the Gospel ...
... referred to the Messiah and his times . We are assured , that almost every passage of the Old Testament which the Apostles applied to Jesus , was already re- garded by the Jews as prophetic of the Messiah . Thus we learn from the Gospel ...
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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.