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Page 11
The Old Testament has been carefully preserved through distant ages by the
Jews , as containing the substance of their religion and laws , and the accounts of
their national history . It continues to be held in the highest authority by that very ...
The Old Testament has been carefully preserved through distant ages by the
Jews , as containing the substance of their religion and laws , and the accounts of
their national history . It continues to be held in the highest authority by that very ...
Page 57
Let any sect of professing Christians be asked by what authority these books
claim an absolute right to determine the consciences and understandings of men
with regard to what they should believe , and what they should do ; they answer ...
Let any sect of professing Christians be asked by what authority these books
claim an absolute right to determine the consciences and understandings of men
with regard to what they should believe , and what they should do ; they answer ...
Page 66
But his authority is not the less certain ; for we are informed that the disciples
were accustomed to meet at his house ; and in their society , therefore , he lived
in familiar intercourse . We know also , he was the faithful companion of St . Peter
...
But his authority is not the less certain ; for we are informed that the disciples
were accustomed to meet at his house ; and in their society , therefore , he lived
in familiar intercourse . We know also , he was the faithful companion of St . Peter
...
Page 83
Having witnessed every fact which he records , and being the favoured disciple
of our blessed LORD , every sentence from his inspired pen comes to us with
peculiar authority . He is supposed to have survived all the other sacred
historians ...
Having witnessed every fact which he records , and being the favoured disciple
of our blessed LORD , every sentence from his inspired pen comes to us with
peculiar authority . He is supposed to have survived all the other sacred
historians ...
Page 149
In legal matters he has also the power of granting the legiAO timate proofs of wills
or testaments , and , in. DUTIES TO BE PERFORMED , ORDINANCES , & c . OF
THE AUTHORITY OF WHICH THERE NEVER WAS ANY. 03 APPOINTMENTS ...
In legal matters he has also the power of granting the legiAO timate proofs of wills
or testaments , and , in. DUTIES TO BE PERFORMED , ORDINANCES , & c . OF
THE AUTHORITY OF WHICH THERE NEVER WAS ANY. 03 APPOINTMENTS ...
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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...