Sacred History, Selected from the Scriptures: With Annotations and Reflections, Particularly Calculated to Facilitate the Study of the Holy Scriptures in Schools and Families, Volume 5 |
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Mary , on account of her being the Mother of our LORD , is usually styled the
blessed Virgin ; and she certainly deserves the epithet , for a greater honour and
blessing she could not receive in this world : but this circuinstance could only ...
Mary , on account of her being the Mother of our LORD , is usually styled the
blessed Virgin ; and she certainly deserves the epithet , for a greater honour and
blessing she could not receive in this world : but this circuinstance could only ...
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... there will be proportionable punishments : and commanded all his followers to
be as cau . tious of prejudicing the reputation and sensibility of others , as of
taking away their lives . The Law given by Moses “ Thou shalt not kill , ” was
certainly ...
... there will be proportionable punishments : and commanded all his followers to
be as cau . tious of prejudicing the reputation and sensibility of others , as of
taking away their lives . The Law given by Moses “ Thou shalt not kill , ” was
certainly ...
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To enter in at the strait gate , signifies to enter upon a Christian life : those who do
so are certainly under many restraints in comparison of those who give way to the
indulgence of a sensual life ; but Christianity restrains its followers from no ...
To enter in at the strait gate , signifies to enter upon a Christian life : those who do
so are certainly under many restraints in comparison of those who give way to the
indulgence of a sensual life ; but Christianity restrains its followers from no ...
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We also learn , that eternal life is the gift of God through Christ , and that faith is
necessary to salvation : that there certainly will be a general resurrection , and a
general judgment , at which Christ will preside as judge : that he is to be
honoured ...
We also learn , that eternal life is the gift of God through Christ , and that faith is
necessary to salvation : that there certainly will be a general resurrection , and a
general judgment , at which Christ will preside as judge : that he is to be
honoured ...
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... whenever they suffered their faith to waver , the miracle they desired would be
withheld , because they did not themselves believe it would be wrought , though
Christ had assured them that they might certainly expect the most astonishing ...
... whenever they suffered their faith to waver , the miracle they desired would be
withheld , because they did not themselves believe it would be wrought , though
Christ had assured them that they might certainly expect the most astonishing ...
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Page 134 - But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Page 195 - And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
Page 38 - And when they saw him, they were amazed : and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us ? behold thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
Page 192 - And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
Page 214 - Thou gavest Me no kiss : but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss My feet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint : but this woman hath anointed My feet with ointment.- Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven ; for she loved much : but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
Page 11 - And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her and said, "Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women.
Page 346 - What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
Page 20 - But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Page 151 - Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Page 7 - And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.