Letter illustrative of the Gospel history, and of the Epistles, as connected with it, in reply to mr. Gibbon [in The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire] mr. Faber, and others1812 |
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... seem to revenge some personal in- jury . But it is but justice to him to observe to you that he really appears to have done no more , in this instance , than to collect the opinions of the most able divines who have distinguished ...
... seem to revenge some personal in- jury . But it is but justice to him to observe to you that he really appears to have done no more , in this instance , than to collect the opinions of the most able divines who have distinguished ...
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... stations , seem- ing to entitle them to the first honours and emoluments of the Messiah's kingdom , might have induced them the more readily to embrace and the more industriously tớ seminate LETTERS ON THE GOSPEL HISTORY . 9.
... stations , seem- ing to entitle them to the first honours and emoluments of the Messiah's kingdom , might have induced them the more readily to embrace and the more industriously tớ seminate LETTERS ON THE GOSPEL HISTORY . 9.
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... seem to have been effec tually roused from the pleasing dream of temporal gran- deur , which had captivated their imaginations , till his death had tried the constancy of their faith , till his resurrection had revived their drooping ...
... seem to have been effec tually roused from the pleasing dream of temporal gran- deur , which had captivated their imaginations , till his death had tried the constancy of their faith , till his resurrection had revived their drooping ...
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... seem , fairly , to imply - Ye Jews are , yet , as you have , by the special favour of God , hitherto been , from the earliest period of your history - the salt of the earth - the only depositories for the preservation of the knowledge ...
... seem , fairly , to imply - Ye Jews are , yet , as you have , by the special favour of God , hitherto been , from the earliest period of your history - the salt of the earth - the only depositories for the preservation of the knowledge ...
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... seems , by no means , unlikely , that when our Lord said he was come , not to send peace upon earth , or rather upon the land ; but a sword ; he might allude to the destruction of Jerusa lem ; which he clearly foresaw and foretold ; for ...
... seems , by no means , unlikely , that when our Lord said he was come , not to send peace upon earth , or rather upon the land ; but a sword ; he might allude to the destruction of Jerusa lem ; which he clearly foresaw and foretold ; for ...
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Page 106 - Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
Page 41 - And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Page 34 - Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.
Page 186 - He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses : of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the Blood of the Covenant, wherewith He was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace ? For we know Him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto Me, I will recompense, saith the Lord.
Page 192 - From whence come wars and fightings among you ? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members ? Ye lust, and have not ; ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot. obtain; ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not ; ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it.
Page 170 - Little children, it is the last time : and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists ; whereby we know that it is the last time.
Page 10 - From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto His disciples, how that He must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. Then Peter took Him, and began to rebuke Him, saying, Be it far from Thee, Lord: this shall not be unto Thee.
Page 47 - Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist : some, Elias ; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
Page 54 - For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
Page 2 - It was universally believed that the end of the world, and the kingdom of heaven, were at hand. The near approach of this wonderful event had been predicted by the apostles; the tradition of it was preserved by their earliest disciples, and those who understood in their literal sense the discourses of Christ himself were obliged to expect the second and glorious coming of the Son of Man in the clouds, before that generation was totally extinguished which had beheld his humble condition upon earth,...