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... facts , that it was infidelity , in days of old , which paved the way for the abominations of polytheism . Men first discredited and opposed the true oracles of Heaven , and then they set * Jer . x . 10 . tRom . i . 21 . themselves to ...
... facts , that it was infidelity , in days of old , which paved the way for the abominations of polytheism . Men first discredited and opposed the true oracles of Heaven , and then they set * Jer . x . 10 . tRom . i . 21 . themselves to ...
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... of the human race . How astounding then is the fact , that only in Christian countries can men be found denying 18 A PORTRAITURE OF Infidels profess to hold the doctrine the Divine Existence, but neglect religious worship.
... of the human race . How astounding then is the fact , that only in Christian countries can men be found denying 18 A PORTRAITURE OF Infidels profess to hold the doctrine the Divine Existence, but neglect religious worship.
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... facts , must concede this point , that the sublimest exercise of reason is not incompatible with the most profound defer- " this is an * The following eloquent passage , from a speech of the late Lord Erskine , delivered by him in the ...
... facts , must concede this point , that the sublimest exercise of reason is not incompatible with the most profound defer- " this is an * The following eloquent passage , from a speech of the late Lord Erskine , delivered by him in the ...
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... fact conduct us ? Why , to this , that the Christian is much more likely to be right in embracing the gospel , than the sceptic Religion cannot exist , " said Sir Walter Scott , " where immorality prevails , any more than a light can ...
... fact conduct us ? Why , to this , that the Christian is much more likely to be right in embracing the gospel , than the sceptic Religion cannot exist , " said Sir Walter Scott , " where immorality prevails , any more than a light can ...
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... fact that this spirit of devotion seems an utter stranger to almost all writers of the sceptical class . They boast of their deism , and neglect one of its first and simplest lessons , -viz . , the duty of an intel- ligent , but feeble ...
... fact that this spirit of devotion seems an utter stranger to almost all writers of the sceptical class . They boast of their deism , and neglect one of its first and simplest lessons , -viz . , the duty of an intel- ligent , but feeble ...
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Page 262 - Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
Page 120 - Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, if we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole, be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
Page 232 - For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me : for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
Page 243 - But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Page 244 - Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth : for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak : and he will shew you things to come.
Page 231 - Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets; I am not come to destroy but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Page 239 - And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth ? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I, the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
Page 249 - For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Page 243 - And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him. But ye know him, for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Page 119 - Believe me, that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works