Discourses on Prophecy: In which are Considered Its Structure, Use and Inspiration; Being the Substance of Twelve Sermons Preached in the Chapel of Lincoln's Inn, in the Lecture Founded by the Right Reverend William Warburton, Bishop of Gloucester |
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... rests upon it , no doubt a greater body of evidence , a more com- manding proof , might be necessary to satisfy both those requisitions , than is necessary for one of them alone . Whereas the claims of Revealed Reli- gion , in respect ...
... rests upon it , no doubt a greater body of evidence , a more com- manding proof , might be necessary to satisfy both those requisitions , than is necessary for one of them alone . Whereas the claims of Revealed Reli- gion , in respect ...
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... rest . The Second , in considering the Moral Contents of the Prophetic Volume , as distinguished from its Predictions . In the Four next I have entered into the Struc- ture of Prophecy , and the Course of its Dispen- sation . In the Six ...
... rest . The Second , in considering the Moral Contents of the Prophetic Volume , as distinguished from its Predictions . In the Four next I have entered into the Struc- ture of Prophecy , and the Course of its Dispen- sation . In the Six ...
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... rest , and form a more discriminating judgment of the value , and the application to be made , of the results we may obtain from our particular inquiry . To these pre- liminary observations I shall devote the remainder of my present ...
... rest , and form a more discriminating judgment of the value , and the application to be made , of the results we may obtain from our particular inquiry . To these pre- liminary observations I shall devote the remainder of my present ...
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... rests on media of belief to which no valid or intelligible exception can be made , as unfit in their kind , or inadequate in their principle , to the ends of a rational conviction . And the difference here adverted to , between the ...
... rests on media of belief to which no valid or intelligible exception can be made , as unfit in their kind , or inadequate in their principle , to the ends of a rational conviction . And the difference here adverted to , between the ...
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... rests upon an accumulated and concurrent evidence ; I am far from supposing that any person literally assumes the fact to be otherwise ; or that in canvassing any separate por- tion of the proofs and reasons of it , he ever states to ...
... rests upon an accumulated and concurrent evidence ; I am far from supposing that any person literally assumes the fact to be otherwise ; or that in canvassing any separate por- tion of the proofs and reasons of it , he ever states to ...
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Abraham æra ancient apostacy appointed argument Babylon Canaan Captivity character Christ Christian Church clear conquest covenant Cyrus delivered desolation direct DISCOURSE dispensation divine doctrine earth Egypt establishment event evidence fact faith favour foreknowledge foreshewn foretold fulfilment given glory God's Gospel Haggai heathen Hebrew house of David human inspiration instance interpretation Isaiah Israel Israelite Jeremiah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jewish Jonah Judæa Judah judgment kind king kingdom kingdom of Israel ment mercy Messiah miracle moral Mosaic Mosaic Law Moses nations nature Nineveh object observe oracles Pagan Pentateuch person phecy phetic prediction prescience principle promise proof prophecy prophetic question reason reign restoration Revealed Religion revelation ruin saith the Lord Samaria Scripture Second Temple sense shew shewn Solomon spirit Temple temporal thee things thou throne tion tribe of Judah Tribes truth unto vision whilst whole word worship Zechariah Zerubbabel
Popular passages
Page 114 - The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come ; And unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 416 - And many people shall go and say, 'Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths:' for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Page 84 - And I will establish My covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood ; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Page 75 - And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Page 238 - If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
Page 304 - For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice ; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Page 143 - And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
Page 279 - Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation...
Page 183 - ... not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you ; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.
Page 493 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.