| Francis Fox - 1748 - 636 pages
...baptized, went up ftraightway out of the Water: And lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he faw » the Spirit of God defcending like a Dove, and lighting upon him. 17. And b lo, a voice from heaven, laying, This is my c beloved Son, in whom I am weü-pleafed. •... | |
| Robert Lowth - English language - 1763 - 226 pages
...praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Ghoff defcended in. a bodily fhape upfcn him ; and 16 ! a voice from heaven faying, This is my' beloved Son, in whom I. am well pleafed. • K In is a Prepofition ; the the Definite Article ; fifteenth? ' an Adjective... | |
| James Fisher - Westminster Assembly - 1764 - 312 pages
...at that time ? Anfw. The heavens -were opened, the Spirit of Cod defcendcd like a dwe, and lighted upon him : and lo, a voice from heaven, faying, This is my belovedSw, inwhom lam -we ll-ple afed, Matth. iii. 1 6, 1 7. Queft. 1 9. Why was Chriji vefted with... | |
| Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 pages
...baptized, went up ftraightway eut of the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he faw the Spirit of God defcending like a dove, and lighting upon him. v. 17. And lo,-a voice from hfciven, faying, Т his is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleafed. Mat.... | |
| William Craig - Christianity - 1767 - 172 pages
...very fingular atteftation to the dignity of Jefus, f ' Lo the ' heavens were opened to him, and he faw the ' Spirit of God defcending like a dove, and '...' heaven faying, This is my beloved Son in ' whom I am well pleafed.' This remarkable interpofition of the providence of God, at the opening of his public... | |
| James Hervey - Justification - 1767 - 566 pages
...their utmoft Perfection. Lo ! the Heavens were opened unto Him, and He faw the SPIRIT of GOD, defending like a Dove, and lighting upon Him. And lo ! a Voice...from Heaven, faying ; This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleafed. — The Word Lo, is twice ufed, in this fliort Narrative. To engage and fix our... | |
| Thomas Boston - Covenant theology - 1767 - 414 pages
...view of the fare performance of his work, the acceptance thereof was, at his baptifm, proclaimed by a voice from heaven, faying. This is my beloved Son in -whom I am -well pleafed, Matth. iii. 17. And it was renewed at his transfiguration, a little before his... | |
| Church of Scotland - Prebyterianism - 1768 - 576 pages
...the praife of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved^ Mat. iii. 17. And lo, a voice from heaven, faying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleaftd. Л -Tit. ii. 13. Looking for that bleffed hope, and the glorious ap • pearing... | |
| George Whitefield - Presbyterian Church - 1772 - 490 pages
...mediatorial office, by the opening of the heavens, by the Spirit of GOD defcending on him like a dove, and by a voice from heaven, faying, " This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleafed ;" and then it was, when he came from the folemn ordinance of baptifm ; when he was... | |
| Joseph Priestley - Philosophy - 1777 - 424 pages
...Majcfty, to bear teflimony to the miffion of Chrift. The firft time at his baptiim, _Matt. iii. 17, And lo a voice from heaven, faying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well p leafed. Again, on the mount of transfiguration, Matt. xvii. 5, Behold a white cloud overfoadoiwd... | |
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