The triumphs of Christianity over infidelity displayed, or the coming of the Messiah, the true key to the right understanding of the most difficult passages in the New Testament; a full answer to the objection of mr. Gibbon [in the history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire] that our Lord and His Apostles predicted the near approach of the end of the world in their own time1802 |
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... described - prepa- ratory to the prediction of the destruction of Jerusalem The prediction of the destruction of Jerusalem considered , at large Judicious remarks of Mr. Richards in his Bampton Lectures , on the conduct usually pursued ...
... described - prepa- ratory to the prediction of the destruction of Jerusalem The prediction of the destruction of Jerusalem considered , at large Judicious remarks of Mr. Richards in his Bampton Lectures , on the conduct usually pursued ...
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... described by Dr. White , in his learned and eloquent Bamptonian Lectures , that no apology will be deemed necessary , for presenting it to the Reader , in his own words . " In the person of the " Messiah , " says he , " they beheld a ...
... described by Dr. White , in his learned and eloquent Bamptonian Lectures , that no apology will be deemed necessary , for presenting it to the Reader , in his own words . " In the person of the " Messiah , " says he , " they beheld a ...
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... described ; the judicious and attentive Reader cannot fail to observe , the most unequivocal and decisive proofs of our Lord's having conducted himself in such a manner , as to consult , with an unexampled tenderness and humanity , the ...
... described ; the judicious and attentive Reader cannot fail to observe , the most unequivocal and decisive proofs of our Lord's having conducted himself in such a manner , as to consult , with an unexampled tenderness and humanity , the ...
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... described ; of which every one who is disposed to give attention to it , will be capable of forming an accurate and decisive judgment . The first notice which St. Matthew appears to have given of our Lord's having entered upon the ...
... described ; of which every one who is disposed to give attention to it , will be capable of forming an accurate and decisive judgment . The first notice which St. Matthew appears to have given of our Lord's having entered upon the ...
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... described by the learned Dr. John Leland , as to be particularly deserving of the judicious Reader's attention . " It pleased God , " says he , in his great wisdom and goodness towards mankind , to make discoveries of his will , not ...
... described by the learned Dr. John Leland , as to be particularly deserving of the judicious Reader's attention . " It pleased God , " says he , in his great wisdom and goodness towards mankind , to make discoveries of his will , not ...
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Page 250 - For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
Page 250 - And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, and was transfigured before them : and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.
Page 187 - Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 43 But know this, that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh.
Page 132 - But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away ; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Page 237 - Whose voice then shook the earth ; but now he hath promised, saying ; Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
Page 245 - For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
Page 242 - For he that will love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and do good ; Let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Page 226 - Little children, it is the last time ; and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
Page 101 - For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Page 54 - And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand : and if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?