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Page 32
There is a strong and very apposite text of St Peter ' s , in which the application of
the term · lamb ' to our Lord , and the sense , in which it is applied , can admit of
no question at all . It is in the 1st chapter of the 1st epistle , the 18th and 19th ...
There is a strong and very apposite text of St Peter ' s , in which the application of
the term · lamb ' to our Lord , and the sense , in which it is applied , can admit of
no question at all . It is in the 1st chapter of the 1st epistle , the 18th and 19th ...
Page 36
The passage , however , clearly shows , that the application of their expressions
to the encouragement of licentiousness of life , was an application contrary to
their intention ; and , in fact , a perversion of their words . In like manner in the
same ...
The passage , however , clearly shows , that the application of their expressions
to the encouragement of licentiousness of life , was an application contrary to
their intention ; and , in fact , a perversion of their words . In like manner in the
same ...
Page 39
In considering this matter in general , the whole of it appears to be very plain ; yet
, when we apply the consideration to religion , there are two mistakes into which
we are liable to fall . The first is , that when we hear so much of the exceedingly ...
In considering this matter in general , the whole of it appears to be very plain ; yet
, when we apply the consideration to religion , there are two mistakes into which
we are liable to fall . The first is , that when we hear so much of the exceedingly ...
Page 42
... it was there advanced for the sake of this application , and no other , yet the
proposition may be again taken up as introductory to a second important
argument ; namely , the discussion of the question , which every Christian must
have heard ...
... it was there advanced for the sake of this application , and no other , yet the
proposition may be again taken up as introductory to a second important
argument ; namely , the discussion of the question , which every Christian must
have heard ...
Page 45
... and when particular classes of men come to inquire of their teacher what they
should do , his answer was a warning against those particular sins to which
persons of their class and character were most liable , which is his own
application of ...
... and when particular classes of men come to inquire of their teacher what they
should do , his answer was a warning against those particular sins to which
persons of their class and character were most liable , which is his own
application of ...
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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 | 433 pages |
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