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... in order to counteract the baneful effects of those pestilential writings which every day issued from the press ; to give some check to the growing relaxation of public manners ; to state plainly and forcibly the evidences of our ...
... in order to counteract the baneful effects of those pestilential writings which every day issued from the press ; to give some check to the growing relaxation of public manners ; to state plainly and forcibly the evidences of our ...
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assured that several even of those amongst my audience , that disbelieved or doubted the truth of Christianity , were impressed with a more favourable opinion both of its evidences and its doctrines , and with a higher veneration for ...
assured that several even of those amongst my audience , that disbelieved or doubted the truth of Christianity , were impressed with a more favourable opinion both of its evidences and its doctrines , and with a higher veneration for ...
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The testimony he alludes to is that of the prophets ; than which no evidence can be more satisfactory and convincing to any one that reads them with care and impartiality , and compares their predictions concerning our Saviour with the ...
The testimony he alludes to is that of the prophets ; than which no evidence can be more satisfactory and convincing to any one that reads them with care and impartiality , and compares their predictions concerning our Saviour with the ...
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When four different persons are called upon in a court of justice to prove the reality of any particular fact that happened twenty or thirty years ago , what is the sort of evidence which they usually sive ' ?
When four different persons are called upon in a court of justice to prove the reality of any particular fact that happened twenty or thirty years ago , what is the sort of evidence which they usually sive ' ?
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Page 262 - And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation ; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: and if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
Page 113 - And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness, and all manner of disease among the people.
Page 173 - But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Page 31 - And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
Page 197 - And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
Page 262 - Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb . and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
Page 249 - But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
Page 63 - And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? 11 He answereth, and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none ; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
Page 295 - Behold, a sower went forth to sow ; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up : some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth : and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth : and when the sun was up, they were scorched ; and because they had no root, they withered away.
Page 95 - Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down ; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee : and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
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| Title | Lectures on the Gospel of st. Matthew, Volume 1 Lectures on the Gospel of st. Matthew, Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) |
| Author | Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) |
| Edition | 7 |
| Published | 1804 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 30 Mar 2007 |
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