Letters on Theron and Aspasio: Addressed to the AuthorJohn S. Taylor, 1838 - 500 pages |
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... deities and by others as so many politi- cal projectors of plans for national churches , and the dominion of the clergy ; while the writer considers them only as so many self - denied witnesses for a truth , which neither flatters the ...
... deities and by others as so many politi- cal projectors of plans for national churches , and the dominion of the clergy ; while the writer considers them only as so many self - denied witnesses for a truth , which neither flatters the ...
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... Deity on human weal ? " Night 4 . Yet , perhaps , it will appear in the sequel , that mistakes about the divine grace manifested in the atonement , mistakes far less obvious and glaring than those of this author , have proved the fatal ...
... Deity on human weal ? " Night 4 . Yet , perhaps , it will appear in the sequel , that mistakes about the divine grace manifested in the atonement , mistakes far less obvious and glaring than those of this author , have proved the fatal ...
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... Deity that's perfectly well - bred , who is pleased with politeness . It is much the same , whether I set up the commonest print or the finest statue of a king , when my business is to try how gracefully I can make my honours before it ...
... Deity that's perfectly well - bred , who is pleased with politeness . It is much the same , whether I set up the commonest print or the finest statue of a king , when my business is to try how gracefully I can make my honours before it ...
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... Deity should distinguish me as his favourite beyond other men ? and thus he treats the bare truth of the gospel with scorn and contempt . * See a volume of sermons published , Edinburgh , 1755 , p . 129 . out of royal prerogative ...
... Deity should distinguish me as his favourite beyond other men ? and thus he treats the bare truth of the gospel with scorn and contempt . * See a volume of sermons published , Edinburgh , 1755 , p . 129 . out of royal prerogative ...
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... Deity to make himself fully manifest in human nature . When the Apostles saw , appearing in his glory , Moses , whose body was then in the grave , and Elias , who had never undergone the separation of soul and body , they had a view of ...
... Deity to make himself fully manifest in human nature . When the Apostles saw , appearing in his glory , Moses , whose body was then in the grave , and Elias , who had never undergone the separation of soul and body , they had a view of ...
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Page 262 - And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified GOD, and fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks : and he was a Samaritan. And JESUS answering said, ' Were there not ' ten cleansed ? but where are the nine 1 There are not ' found that returned to give glory to GOD, save this
Page 299 - Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven: But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 247 - Arise, shine ; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people : but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Page 361 - Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh : who are Israelites ; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises ; whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Page 258 - BRETHREN, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand ; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all, that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures ; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.
Page 310 - Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect : but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that, for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended : but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Page 303 - For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
Page 48 - For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low...
Page 344 - And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God ? art thou come hither to torment us before the time ? 30 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
Page 277 - For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth; To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death...