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Page 14
The error committed by the Jews of that day , and corrected by Jesus , some of us
are committing every day . The humblest class of society falls into it . They say , '
We cannot be expected to have much religion , or much knowledge of the things
...
The error committed by the Jews of that day , and corrected by Jesus , some of us
are committing every day . The humblest class of society falls into it . They say , '
We cannot be expected to have much religion , or much knowledge of the things
...
Page 17
... Christ never mocks honest inquiries , nor honest doubts . He would never say
to any man , ' First be practically a Christian , and then you shall know the truth of
Christianity . What He meant when He spoke these words to the Jews is clear .
... Christ never mocks honest inquiries , nor honest doubts . He would never say
to any man , ' First be practically a Christian , and then you shall know the truth of
Christianity . What He meant when He spoke these words to the Jews is clear .
Page 69
Care must be taken , however , not to exaggerate , by bold and sweeping
statements , the elements of degradation in their pre - Christian condition .
Especially is this caution needed , when we come to consider the Jewish nation .
For , in their ...
Care must be taken , however , not to exaggerate , by bold and sweeping
statements , the elements of degradation in their pre - Christian condition .
Especially is this caution needed , when we come to consider the Jewish nation .
For , in their ...
Page 79
... or showering an equally capricious favour on the other , the Jew recognised
the hand of Jehovah , who sitteth on the circle of the universe , and whose
judgments are truth and right . While the civilized Greek or Roman , foolish in the
things ...
... or showering an equally capricious favour on the other , the Jew recognised
the hand of Jehovah , who sitteth on the circle of the universe , and whose
judgments are truth and right . While the civilized Greek or Roman , foolish in the
things ...
Page 80
What Jew in those old days ever learned that of all the many precepts of Moses ,
of the Proverbs of Solomon , of the warnings of Isaiah and his fellow - seers , the
sum was Love ? The Law of Love was implied , involved , embraced , enforced ...
What Jew in those old days ever learned that of all the many precepts of Moses ,
of the Proverbs of Solomon , of the warnings of Isaiah and his fellow - seers , the
sum was Love ? The Law of Love was implied , involved , embraced , enforced ...
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Page 135 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills ; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, " Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob ; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths : " for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Page 60 - Oh that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Page 114 - For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Page 147 - O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say unto him, "Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Page 136 - Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down, not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
Page 66 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew, To seek a tranquil death in distant shades. There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers. In his side he bore, And in his hands and feet, the cruel scars. With gentle force soliciting the darts, He drew them forth, and heal'd, and bade me live.
Page 51 - I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away— and, lo, he was not ! Yea, I sought him — but he could not be found...
Page 1 - For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heat t. 3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
Page 42 - ... that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God ; strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness...
Page 117 - The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart ; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
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| Title | Modern Scottish pulpit, sermons by ministers of various denominations, Volume 2 Modern Scottish pulpit, sermons by ministers of various denominations, Scottish pulpit |
| Author | Scottish pulpit |
| Published | 1880 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 9 Mar 2007 |
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