The Impossibility of Imposture in the Miracles of Scripture: A Lecture on the External Evidences of Divine Revelation Delivered at Silver Street Chapel, Thursday, Feb. 17, 1831, with the Discussion which Followed |
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... hearts . But why do you not attempt something of this kind , and fight religion with its own weapons ? The field is open before you . There is no act of parliament against working miracles . Why should you not set about it ? Perhaps you ...
... hearts . But why do you not attempt something of this kind , and fight religion with its own weapons ? The field is open before you . There is no act of parliament against working miracles . Why should you not set about it ? Perhaps you ...
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... heart , " I could not make all the people in one of the longer streets hear me at once ; and if I could not be heard half - way down Oxford - street , how am I to make the whole population of London hear me from Shooter's Hill ? " Well ...
... heart , " I could not make all the people in one of the longer streets hear me at once ; and if I could not be heard half - way down Oxford - street , how am I to make the whole population of London hear me from Shooter's Hill ? " Well ...
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... heart of stone to flesh . " Will not that be a miracle ? Then you will have a proof of the truth of religion , in your own breast ; " for he that believeth hath the wit- ness in himself . " This miracle all real Christians carry about ...
... heart of stone to flesh . " Will not that be a miracle ? Then you will have a proof of the truth of religion , in your own breast ; " for he that believeth hath the wit- ness in himself . " This miracle all real Christians carry about ...
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... heart has yearned over you , longing to rescue you from the destruction you are courting , and to bring you to taste the mercy , and grace , and holiness , and hap- piness of the religion you now despise . Lord Jesus , thou who hast ...
... heart has yearned over you , longing to rescue you from the destruction you are courting , and to bring you to taste the mercy , and grace , and holiness , and hap- piness of the religion you now despise . Lord Jesus , thou who hast ...
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... heart is averse to it , we look askew at its evidence , and turn instantly towards those things which seem to contradict it ; till at length we acquire that distorted position which makes us lose sight of an unwelcome truth , and keep ...
... heart is averse to it , we look askew at its evidence , and turn instantly towards those things which seem to contradict it ; till at length we acquire that distorted position which makes us lose sight of an unwelcome truth , and keep ...
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Page 116 - And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things ? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you, that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein : 16 Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
Page 122 - JTTL.ND in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
Page 55 - Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work : but the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates...
Page 234 - Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
Page 32 - Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
Page 116 - And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked : 9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, 10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.
Page 124 - Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone : if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
Page 116 - And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
Page 3 - If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works : that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
Page 116 - Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.