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Page xvii
... means of drawing the line of supernatural agency in the early Church . " If [ the final cause , ] " he says , " be so important as " to make the miracle necessary to the ends of the dispensation , " this is all that can be reasonably ...
... means of drawing the line of supernatural agency in the early Church . " If [ the final cause , ] " he says , " be so important as " to make the miracle necessary to the ends of the dispensation , " this is all that can be reasonably ...
Page xix
... means of a summary criterion of his own framing . His very mode of speech , as well as his procedure , reminds us of Hume , who in like manner , when engaged in invalidating the evidence for all miracles whatever , observes that ...
... means of a summary criterion of his own framing . His very mode of speech , as well as his procedure , reminds us of Hume , who in like manner , when engaged in invalidating the evidence for all miracles whatever , observes that ...
Page xxxiv
... means of a garment which had been taken to his shrine and thrown over the corpse ; and another female by the same means ; and another by the oil used at the shrine ; and a dead infant who was brought to it . In less than two years even ...
... means of a garment which had been taken to his shrine and thrown over the corpse ; and another female by the same means ; and another by the oil used at the shrine ; and a dead infant who was brought to it . In less than two years even ...
Page xli
... means of " raising not bodies but souls ; these signs then , dearest " brethren , by God's aid , ye do if ye will b . ” And St. Clement of Alexandria at the end of the second century : " If it was imputed to Abraham for righteousness on ...
... means of " raising not bodies but souls ; these signs then , dearest " brethren , by God's aid , ye do if ye will b . ” And St. Clement of Alexandria at the end of the second century : " If it was imputed to Abraham for righteousness on ...
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... means the case . It is true , indeed , that the miracles of Scripture , viewed as a whole , recommend themselves to our reason and claim our venera- tion , beyond all others , by a peculiar dignity and beauty ; but still it is only as a ...
... means the case . It is true , indeed , that the miracles of Scripture , viewed as a whole , recommend themselves to our reason and claim our venera- tion , beyond all others , by a peculiar dignity and beauty ; but still it is only as a ...
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Page xc - And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh ; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions ; and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out My Spirit.
Page clxxi - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page lxxix - Solomon's porch ; and of the rest durst no man join himself to them. But the people magnified them ; and believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women ; insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
Page xcviii - For there is no man that doeth any 'thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
Page lxxxi - And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear, him, and to be healed of their diseases ; 18 And they that were vexed with unclean spirits : and they were healed.
Page lxxix - For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them : and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. 8 And there was great joy in that city.
Page cxci - IF there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams...
Page lv - And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul; So that from his body were brought unto the sick, handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
Page xx - If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
Page lxxxiii - And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.