A selection from ... the archbishop of Canterbury's practical exposition of the Gospels, of those parts ... which refer to the faith and practice of a Christian. By G. Wilkinson |
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... bear witness to it , Matthew , or , as he was also called , Levi , was summoned from a very different occupation . He was a Publican , a collector of taxes ; and was exercising this secular vocation , " sitting at the receipt of custom ...
... bear witness to it , Matthew , or , as he was also called , Levi , was summoned from a very different occupation . He was a Publican , a collector of taxes ; and was exercising this secular vocation , " sitting at the receipt of custom ...
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... bear a son , and shall call his name Immanuel : " " God with us : " God in our nature ; and yet justly distinguished as the Son of the Highest , because born without the intervention of an earthly father . We readily perceive why this ...
... bear a son , and shall call his name Immanuel : " " God with us : " God in our nature ; and yet justly distinguished as the Son of the Highest , because born without the intervention of an earthly father . We readily perceive why this ...
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... bear , and the office which He should per- form . To save his people from their sins is mentioned as the purpose of his great undertaking , and of his long- expected coming . It is assumed , then , that this was what the world most ...
... bear , and the office which He should per- form . To save his people from their sins is mentioned as the purpose of his great undertaking , and of his long- expected coming . It is assumed , then , that this was what the world most ...
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... bear witness to . But though the corruption of nature adheres to the sincerest Christian , still he is not under the power of sin as others are ; he does not yield to it , but strives against it ; he does not indulge it , but mortifies ...
... bear witness to . But though the corruption of nature adheres to the sincerest Christian , still he is not under the power of sin as others are ; he does not yield to it , but strives against it ; he does not indulge it , but mortifies ...
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... bear witness of the Light , that all men through him might believe . 8. " He was not that Light , but was sent to bear witness of that Light . 9. " That was the true Light , which lighteth every man that cometh into the world . " So ...
... bear witness of the Light , that all men through him might believe . 8. " He was not that Light , but was sent to bear witness of that Light . 9. " That was the true Light , which lighteth every man that cometh into the world . " So ...
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Page 67 - Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
Page 193 - Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit ; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
Page 129 - Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Page 9 - My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
Page 94 - 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 177 - Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Page 167 - The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
Page 117 - To this end was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Page 138 - At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, when all Israel is come to appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
Page 77 - Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but He sent me.