Letters on the GospelsHilliard, Metcalf, 1826 - 160 pages |
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... commands on this subject ; from his promises to those who pray in sincerity ; from his directions what we ought to ask for ; and from what he has taught us , that we may reasonably expect to receive in return for our prayers . They are ...
... commands on this subject ; from his promises to those who pray in sincerity ; from his directions what we ought to ask for ; and from what he has taught us , that we may reasonably expect to receive in return for our prayers . They are ...
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... commands some things which the Law of Moses did not require , and forbids some things which it permitted . He enables us to resolve a question which exercised , embarrassed , and divided the wise and learned of the ages which preceded ...
... commands some things which the Law of Moses did not require , and forbids some things which it permitted . He enables us to resolve a question which exercised , embarrassed , and divided the wise and learned of the ages which preceded ...
Page 65
... commands , while all diseases , and even the elements , obeyed him with the instant submission of menial dependents . The centurion had doubt- less heard that , by the command of Christ , given at a distance , the son of a nobleman at ...
... commands , while all diseases , and even the elements , obeyed him with the instant submission of menial dependents . The centurion had doubt- less heard that , by the command of Christ , given at a distance , the son of a nobleman at ...
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... command him to lay aside selfishness , partial- ity , and bigotry . In this parable , our Saviour has also taught us , that the moral ties of re- ciprocal benevolence between man and man , in all nations of the earth , were prior in ...
... command him to lay aside selfishness , partial- ity , and bigotry . In this parable , our Saviour has also taught us , that the moral ties of re- ciprocal benevolence between man and man , in all nations of the earth , were prior in ...
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... command to bring the best robe , a garment not to be worn by a servant , was a declaration the most affecting which can be imagined , how far he was from intending to treat his penitent son like a ser- vant . The ring and the shoes ...
... command to bring the best robe , a garment not to be worn by a servant , was a declaration the most affecting which can be imagined , how far he was from intending to treat his penitent son like a ser- vant . The ring and the shoes ...
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Page 61 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
Page 105 - The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
Page 119 - And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin : for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man : thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
Page 66 - AND I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT MANY SHALL COME FROM THE (EAST) AND THE (WEST,) AND SHALL SIT DOWN WITH (A)BRAHAM, AND (I)SAAC, AND (J)ACOB, IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
Page 56 - Consider the lilies of the field how they grow ; they toil not, neither do they spin ; and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 107 - But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise : and the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
Page 106 - Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness ; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 91 - A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way : and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.
Page 57 - And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye ' Or how wilt thou (Say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye : and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Page 48 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are : for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.