Six Sermons on the Study of the Holy Scriptures: Their Nature, Interpretation, and Some of Their Most Important Doctrines ; Preached Before the University of Cambridge, in the Years 1827-8. To which are Annexed Two Dissertations: the First on the Reasonableness of the Orthodox Views of Christianity, as Opposed to the Rationalism of Germany; the Second on the Interpretation of Prophecy Generally, with an Original Exposition of the Book of Revelation; Shewing that the Whole of that Remarkable Prophecy Has Long Ago Been Fulfilled |
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... character as are to be found in no other : and , in every respect , I think we may say , a kind Providence has so co - operated with the wisdom of our forefathers , as to have left us in want of no requisite suited to promote His glory ...
... character as are to be found in no other : and , in every respect , I think we may say , a kind Providence has so co - operated with the wisdom of our forefathers , as to have left us in want of no requisite suited to promote His glory ...
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... character of our Scrip- tures is thus simple , easy , and efficient . I have been unable to find in them the wire - drawn theories either of some of the Fathers , the Schoolmen , Cal- vin , or Arminius . My belief is ( and I have taken ...
... character of our Scrip- tures is thus simple , easy , and efficient . I have been unable to find in them the wire - drawn theories either of some of the Fathers , the Schoolmen , Cal- vin , or Arminius . My belief is ( and I have taken ...
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... character of the context is perhaps argument sufficient ; and , that it is impossible to make it so , the just and natural interpretation of the Scriptures to which it refers seems abundantly to prove . My opinion is ( and my reasons ...
... character of the context is perhaps argument sufficient ; and , that it is impossible to make it so , the just and natural interpretation of the Scriptures to which it refers seems abundantly to prove . My opinion is ( and my reasons ...
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... has been intended to be available to all . And we make no hesitation in affirming , that of this character our Revelation , or the word of truth mentioned in our text , really is . d It may now be supposed ( what indeed has been.
... has been intended to be available to all . And we make no hesitation in affirming , that of this character our Revelation , or the word of truth mentioned in our text , really is . d It may now be supposed ( what indeed has been.
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... character , their expression will often be , that they make him such . If , for example , they intend to apply the character of hardheartedness to any one , they will say that they harden his heart ; of blindness , that they blind his ...
... character , their expression will often be , that they make him such . If , for example , they intend to apply the character of hardheartedness to any one , they will say that they harden his heart ; of blindness , that they blind his ...
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Page 256 - Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land; and I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all...
Page 228 - His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire ; and his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace ; and his voice as the sound of many waters. And he had in his right hand seven stars : and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
Page 313 - And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Page 77 - Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
Page 158 - Thus saith God the Lord, He that created the heavens, and stretched them out ; He that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it ; He that giveth breath unto the people upon it, And spirit to them that walk therein...
Page 45 - And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
Page civ - God, being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus ; whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God, to declare I say at this time his righteousness, that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Page 75 - Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; but for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Page ci - Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Page 262 - But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not ; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. 21 But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.