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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... universal empire . A hope of the Messiah urged on the Jews , while the Romans applying the prediction to their commanders , pressed the siege till the city fell . - Tacit . Annal . lib . 5 , cap . 9—13 . The Roman generals were ...
... universal empire . A hope of the Messiah urged on the Jews , while the Romans applying the prediction to their commanders , pressed the siege till the city fell . - Tacit . Annal . lib . 5 , cap . 9—13 . The Roman generals were ...
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... universal sceptic , or else forfeit all claim to candour or consistency , if he refuse to believe that the Jews did live as a nation , in Judea , in the time of which the gospels speak ; that they were soon after expelled that country ...
... universal sceptic , or else forfeit all claim to candour or consistency , if he refuse to believe that the Jews did live as a nation , in Judea , in the time of which the gospels speak ; that they were soon after expelled that country ...
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... universal use ; and the Syriac was a language of very limited application . But the Greek was then what French is now , a tongue with which a man might travel over a great part of the world . The Jews themselves , who lived in the ...
... universal use ; and the Syriac was a language of very limited application . But the Greek was then what French is now , a tongue with which a man might travel over a great part of the world . The Jews themselves , who lived in the ...
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... universal dominion , piqued himself on the title of Pontifex Maximus . The only instance in which heathen priests stand out prominently to notice in the New Testament , is in the Acts of the Apostles , where Paul and RELIGION NO ...
... universal dominion , piqued himself on the title of Pontifex Maximus . The only instance in which heathen priests stand out prominently to notice in the New Testament , is in the Acts of the Apostles , where Paul and RELIGION NO ...
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... universal uncerainty , not knowing what to believe , form one class of in- fidels . I suspect that they all , at times , take refuge in this chaos . Many , however , declare that this is their fixed region , their adopted , if not their ...
... universal uncerainty , not knowing what to believe , form one class of in- fidels . I suspect that they all , at times , take refuge in this chaos . Many , however , declare that this is their fixed region , their adopted , if not their ...
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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.