An Essay on the Divine Authority of the New Testament

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Hudson and Goodwin, 1806 - 310 pages
 

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Page ix - And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God, peradventure, will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth...
Page 113 - I have been in the deep; in journeyings often; in perils of waters; in perils of robbers; in perils by mine own countrymen ; in perils by the heathen; in perils in the city; in perils in the wilderness ; in perils in the sea; in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness; in watchings often ; in hunger and thirst; in fastings often ; in cold and nakedness; besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the Churches.
Page 260 - For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; and having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
Page 196 - And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth : for it is not fit that he should live.
Page 289 - I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him against that day.
Page xii - I have sworn by myself, The word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, Every tongue shall swear. Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: Even to him shall men come; And all that are incensed against him shall beashamed.
Page 9 - He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life : but he that believeth not the Son shall not see life ; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Page 219 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: for he is the minister of God to thee for good.
Page 228 - Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 25 - I will confess to you," — this is a man who had no faith in Christianity at all, — "I will confess to you that the majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the Gospel hath its influence on my heart. Peruse the works of our philosophers, with all their pomp of diction ; how mean, how contemptible are they, compared with the Scriptures ! Is it possible that a book at once so simple and sublime should be merely the work of man ? Is it possible that the sacred personage,...

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