The early progress of the gospel: in 8 sermons |
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... sure to be de- nied , that place was Jerusalem ; for the people who had delivered up the holy One and the Just to be put to death , were not likely to lend a willing ear to the tidings of his resur- rection . If there was a time , when ...
... sure to be de- nied , that place was Jerusalem ; for the people who had delivered up the holy One and the Just to be put to death , were not likely to lend a willing ear to the tidings of his resur- rection . If there was a time , when ...
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... sceptic , we may be sure , will take full advantage of our con- cessions , and will turn a deaf ear to our explanations . And therefore we must lead him back to the first ages of the Gospel ; 1850. ] 13 AN EVIDENCE OF ITS TRUTH .
... sceptic , we may be sure , will take full advantage of our con- cessions , and will turn a deaf ear to our explanations . And therefore we must lead him back to the first ages of the Gospel ; 1850. ] 13 AN EVIDENCE OF ITS TRUTH .
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... sure after all that they were more highly favoured in this respect than we are ? Have we only the single talent , and had they the ten ? I would invite you to recur to those early ages , to consider the evi- dence by which the Gospel ...
... sure after all that they were more highly favoured in this respect than we are ? Have we only the single talent , and had they the ten ? I would invite you to recur to those early ages , to consider the evi- dence by which the Gospel ...
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... certain . 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 .
... certain . 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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... sure , will not be questioned by those who hear me ; and it is not my purpose further to insist upon it . I do not propose now to argue from the success of the Christian dispensation up to its divine origin ; but , supposing this to be ...
... sure , will not be questioned by those who hear me ; and it is not my purpose further to insist upon it . I do not propose now to argue from the success of the Christian dispensation up to its divine origin ; but , supposing this to be ...
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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.