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Page 32
... St John the Baptist , upon the commencement of his ministry ; St Peter , his
friend , companion , and apostle , after the transaction was over , speak of Christ '
s death , under the figure of a lamb being sacrificed ; that is , as having the effect
of ...
... St John the Baptist , upon the commencement of his ministry ; St Peter , his
friend , companion , and apostle , after the transaction was over , speak of Christ '
s death , under the figure of a lamb being sacrificed ; that is , as having the effect
of ...
Page 34
... we may comprehend it quite sufficiently for one purpose ; and that is gratitude .
It was only for a moral purpose that the thing was revealed at all ; and that
purpose is a sense of gratitude and obligation . This was the use which the
apostles of ...
... we may comprehend it quite sufficiently for one purpose ; and that is gratitude .
It was only for a moral purpose that the thing was revealed at all ; and that
purpose is a sense of gratitude and obligation . This was the use which the
apostles of ...
Page 36
Again ; when the apostle had been speaking of the righteousness of God
displayed by the wickedness of man , he was not unaware of the misconstruction
to which this representation was liable , and which it had , in fact , experienced ;
which ...
Again ; when the apostle had been speaking of the righteousness of God
displayed by the wickedness of man , he was not unaware of the misconstruction
to which this representation was liable , and which it had , in fact , experienced ;
which ...
Page 37
I assume , therefore , as a proved point , that whatever was said by the apostles
concerning the efficacy of the death of Christ , was said by them under an
apprehension , that they did not thereby in any manner relax the motives , the
obligation ...
I assume , therefore , as a proved point , that whatever was said by the apostles
concerning the efficacy of the death of Christ , was said by them under an
apprehension , that they did not thereby in any manner relax the motives , the
obligation ...
Page 44
I repeat , that he , the apostle , could not mean to say this ; because if he did , he
would say what is expressly and positively contradicted by other texts of at least
equal authority with his own ; he would say what is contradicted by the very drift ...
I repeat , that he , the apostle , could not mean to say this ; because if he did , he
would say what is expressly and positively contradicted by other texts of at least
equal authority with his own ; he would say what is contradicted by the very drift ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Sermons on Various Subjects |
| Author | William Paley |
| Publisher | Hilliard, Gray, Little and Wilkins, 1827 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 10 Feb 2009 |
| Length | 438 pages |
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