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Page 37
... which want of learning does not permit them entirely to overcome ; but an
earnest endeavour to understand such things as are of easy attainment will get
the better of many difficulties which at first sight may appear incapable of
explanation .
... which want of learning does not permit them entirely to overcome ; but an
earnest endeavour to understand such things as are of easy attainment will get
the better of many difficulties which at first sight may appear incapable of
explanation .
Page 38
It may appear remarkable , that Moses , Joshua , Samuel , and others , who were
the authors of those books which bear their names , should speak of their own
acts as though they were not performed by the person who tells them . But this ...
It may appear remarkable , that Moses , Joshua , Samuel , and others , who were
the authors of those books which bear their names , should speak of their own
acts as though they were not performed by the person who tells them . But this ...
Page 60
From a variety of concurrent testimony , it appears beyond a doubt that the gospel
of St . Matthew was really written by him , and in Hebrew , the language then
spoken in Palestine , and the first of the gospels that was written . Matthew , it ...
From a variety of concurrent testimony , it appears beyond a doubt that the gospel
of St . Matthew was really written by him , and in Hebrew , the language then
spoken in Palestine , and the first of the gospels that was written . Matthew , it ...
Page 70
In reading these Gospels with due attention , it will be your business to compare
them frequently with each other ; things which appear difficult , and not easily
understood in one , are oftentimes very well explained by referring to the account
...
In reading these Gospels with due attention , it will be your business to compare
them frequently with each other ; things which appear difficult , and not easily
understood in one , are oftentimes very well explained by referring to the account
...
Page 96
Many more instances might be given , where Christ has formed His arguments
and exhortations on such things as offered themselves to Him , applying each
most amply to His present purpose : and , where this does not so immediately
appear ...
Many more instances might be given , where Christ has formed His arguments
and exhortations on such things as offered themselves to Him , applying each
most amply to His present purpose : and , where this does not so immediately
appear ...
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Page 75 - 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 76 - And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
Page 105 - And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said. Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.
Page 105 - It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish. 21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him : but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed ! good were it for that man if he had never been born.
Page 105 - And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
Page 127 - BLESS the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Page 123 - LORD, who hast taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth ; Send thy Holy Ghost, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee : Grant this for thine only Son Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.
Page 119 - They did promise and vow three things in my name. First, that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh.
Page 121 - ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who of thy tender mercy didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the cross for our redemption, who made there (by his one oblation of himself once offered) a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction for the sins of the whole world...