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... Prophecy CHAPTER I. PAGE · 246 CHAPTER II . . 276 The morality of the Gospel CHAPTER III . The candor of the writers of the New Testament 815 CHAPTER IV . Identity of Christ's character 329 CHAPTER V. Originality of Christ's character ...
... Prophecy CHAPTER I. PAGE · 246 CHAPTER II . . 276 The morality of the Gospel CHAPTER III . The candor of the writers of the New Testament 815 CHAPTER IV . Identity of Christ's character 329 CHAPTER V. Originality of Christ's character ...
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... prophets and apostles , with Jesus Christ at their head , as a band of im- Kosters , who succeeded in establishing a pernicious supersti tion 1 INTRODUCTORY LETTER CLAIMS OF DIVINE REVELATION Prefatory Considerations.
... prophets and apostles , with Jesus Christ at their head , as a band of im- Kosters , who succeeded in establishing a pernicious supersti tion 1 INTRODUCTORY LETTER CLAIMS OF DIVINE REVELATION Prefatory Considerations.
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... prophet and poet , expecting us to infer that the prophetic and poetic inspiration are identical ; it ranks the miracles of Scripture with the rarer phenomena of nature , and the more recent discoveries of physical science ; and it is ...
... prophet and poet , expecting us to infer that the prophetic and poetic inspiration are identical ; it ranks the miracles of Scripture with the rarer phenomena of nature , and the more recent discoveries of physical science ; and it is ...
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... prophets , Christ and the apostles , assert that they en- joyed an intercourse with God entirely sui generis . They speak as messengers of heaven accredited , not by superior natural ability , but by signs and wonders - works which God ...
... prophets , Christ and the apostles , assert that they en- joyed an intercourse with God entirely sui generis . They speak as messengers of heaven accredited , not by superior natural ability , but by signs and wonders - works which God ...
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... prophecy ; yet no one , it is presumed , will call the Bible a poem . With respect to its authenticity , therefore ... prophets ; if Jesus Christ and his disciples positively did no miracle ; if the whole succession of writers , from ...
... prophecy ; yet no one , it is presumed , will call the Bible a poem . With respect to its authenticity , therefore ... prophets ; if Jesus Christ and his disciples positively did no miracle ; if the whole succession of writers , from ...
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Page 253 - And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains ; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
Page 246 - He is despised and rejected of men ; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him: he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him: and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every...
Page 324 - Jesus saith unto her, Go call thy husband and come hither. The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her ; Thou hast well said I have no husband.
Page 447 - Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
Page 336 - And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 20. Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
Page 444 - Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but He that sent me is true, whom ye know not. But I know Him: for I am from Him, and He hath sent me. Then they sought to take Him: but no man laid hands on Him, because His hour was not yet come.
Page 345 - And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither ; notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee. And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth ; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets ; He shall be called a Nazarene.
Page 278 - Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
Page 383 - Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified ; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
Page 444 - If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken ; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? 24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.