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... command would have been vain . They had yet to be taught the meaning of faith in One God , the rules of justice , and the nature of philanthropy . Such exhor- tations would have been as uselessly addressed to them , as to the children ...
... command would have been vain . They had yet to be taught the meaning of faith in One God , the rules of justice , and the nature of philanthropy . Such exhor- tations would have been as uselessly addressed to them , as to the children ...
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... command that charity should be the rule of conduct from one to another ; but this rule was applied in a large body of laws respecting the claims of the distressed , the poor , the widow , the orphan , and all towards whom charity could ...
... command that charity should be the rule of conduct from one to another ; but this rule was applied in a large body of laws respecting the claims of the distressed , the poor , the widow , the orphan , and all towards whom charity could ...
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... command that the way of the Lord should be made straight . He declared that this mightier prophet was dwelling in the midst of his nation at that very hour ; so that the expectation of the people , though still deferred , should not be ...
... command that the way of the Lord should be made straight . He declared that this mightier prophet was dwelling in the midst of his nation at that very hour ; so that the expectation of the people , though still deferred , should not be ...
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... commands of Moses , or of paying more regard to the spirit than the letter of the Law . Such men had suffered from the long protraction of the national hope , from the long absence of higher religious aims than the first dispensation ...
... commands of Moses , or of paying more regard to the spirit than the letter of the Law . Such men had suffered from the long protraction of the national hope , from the long absence of higher religious aims than the first dispensation ...
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... commands obeyed as readily as if they proceeded immediately from God . From this condition there was no escape ; so ... command the overthrow of their peculiar institutions , and the other be made the agent of the revolution . It was ...
... commands obeyed as readily as if they proceeded immediately from God . From this condition there was no escape ; so ... command the overthrow of their peculiar institutions , and the other be made the agent of the revolution . It was ...
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Page 90 - But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
Page 78 - If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.
Page 92 - And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Page 27 - Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee : and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing: and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Page 81 - Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen ; and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
Page 87 - The people answered him, We have heard out of the law, that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?
Page 71 - And they shall come from the east and from the west, and from the north and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
Page 71 - That upon you may come all the righteous blood, shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Page 71 - Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men and scribes ; and some of them ye shall kill and crucify, and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city...
Page 94 - Wherefore, if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert, go not forth ; behold, he is in the secret chambers, believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west ; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.