The influence of the Hebrew and Christian revelations on ancient heathen writers: an essay which obtained the Hulsean prize, 1849 |
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... doubt whether the greater definiteness of our hopes as Christians , though in itself of boundless value as a divine be- stowment , has often sufficed to raise the minds of those who possess it much above this standard . We might exhibit ...
... doubt whether the greater definiteness of our hopes as Christians , though in itself of boundless value as a divine be- stowment , has often sufficed to raise the minds of those who possess it much above this standard . We might exhibit ...
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... doubt , the breastplate was used when the Divine Oracle was consulted , and thus in difficult cases of judgment , when , so to speak , an oracular precedent was wanted to rule all future decisions . But it seems im- possible not to see ...
... doubt , the breastplate was used when the Divine Oracle was consulted , and thus in difficult cases of judgment , when , so to speak , an oracular precedent was wanted to rule all future decisions . But it seems im- possible not to see ...
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... doubt of God . " And this may have been the reason why in the early reve- lation given to the Israelites , both doctrines were taken for granted . It was not necessary to inform the people that they had a soul , that that soul was the ...
... doubt of God . " And this may have been the reason why in the early reve- lation given to the Israelites , both doctrines were taken for granted . It was not necessary to inform the people that they had a soul , that that soul was the ...
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... doubt . Yet there seems no reason why they should not also have been intended to have all the instructive value of myths . The ancient Israelites became in this way according to St Paul , τύποι ήμων . the divine light of their ...
... doubt . Yet there seems no reason why they should not also have been intended to have all the instructive value of myths . The ancient Israelites became in this way according to St Paul , τύποι ήμων . the divine light of their ...
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... doubt- less , than the dwp of Thales ; but it was a depravation of the doctrine of Thales , who had no other idea than that of a personal Creator who formed the world from a chaotic and watery state , and to whom that world was most ...
... doubt- less , than the dwp of Thales ; but it was a depravation of the doctrine of Thales , who had no other idea than that of a personal Creator who formed the world from a chaotic and watery state , and to whom that world was most ...
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Page 12 - For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for? And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Page 18 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 18 - O SING unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
Page 166 - As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
Page 171 - He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken...
Page 163 - Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Page 249 - Annotations on the Acts of the Apostles. Original and selected. Designed principally for the use of Candidates for the Ordinary BA Degree, Students for Holy Orders, &c., with College and Senate-House Examination Papers. By the Rev. TR MASKEW, MA Second Edition, enlarged. 12mo. 5».
Page 12 - Keep therefore and do them ; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Page 151 - But where shall wisdom be found ? and where is the place of understanding ? Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Page 89 - Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: so shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.