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... views of the nature and attributes of the One God , and the offices of his chosen prophets ; and taking for your guides only the Scrip- tures of your people , and the history of your nation and of the world , endeavour to trace those ...
... views of the nature and attributes of the One God , and the offices of his chosen prophets ; and taking for your guides only the Scrip- tures of your people , and the history of your nation and of the world , endeavour to trace those ...
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... views , and therefore to ennoble their principles of action . It is interesting to remark the progress of this extension o views , and to perceive how remote objects are connected with immediate , so as to make hope and fear of the ...
... views , and therefore to ennoble their principles of action . It is interesting to remark the progress of this extension o views , and to perceive how remote objects are connected with immediate , so as to make hope and fear of the ...
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... views of those to whom the prophecy is delivered . The effect of a miracle is an instantaneous belief in the Divinity of the power by which it is wrought ; the effect of a prophecy is to rivet the attention , to excite expectation , to ...
... views of those to whom the prophecy is delivered . The effect of a miracle is an instantaneous belief in the Divinity of the power by which it is wrought ; the effect of a prophecy is to rivet the attention , to excite expectation , to ...
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... views are correct ; since it is equally clear that prophecy is an exer- tion of supernatural agency , and that he who works a miracle only foretells an effect which will immediately take place by an exertion of Divine power . In both ...
... views are correct ; since it is equally clear that prophecy is an exer- tion of supernatural agency , and that he who works a miracle only foretells an effect which will immediately take place by an exertion of Divine power . In both ...
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... views , the only one which has been intermix- ed with the superstitions of the Oriental philosophy , it must be excluded from the number of those for which an adequate exposition was provided in the Mosaic institutions . Whatever may be ...
... views , the only one which has been intermix- ed with the superstitions of the Oriental philosophy , it must be excluded from the number of those for which an adequate exposition was provided in the Mosaic institutions . Whatever may be ...
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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.