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Page 274
... cause with which we are unacquainted , a general expectation prevailed , even through the Heathen world , that some extraordinary person should come forth from the East about that pe- riod . This opinion was so prevalent , both with ...
... cause with which we are unacquainted , a general expectation prevailed , even through the Heathen world , that some extraordinary person should come forth from the East about that pe- riod . This opinion was so prevalent , both with ...
Page 294
... causes , but how did it happen that the causes which produced that effect should so marvel- lously coincide ? How did it happen that precisely at 294 Strictures on the Edinburgh Review of the Historical View of Christianity.
... causes , but how did it happen that the causes which produced that effect should so marvel- lously coincide ? How did it happen that precisely at 294 Strictures on the Edinburgh Review of the Historical View of Christianity.
Page 299
... cause , ) I would willingly abide the verdicts of my opponents on this question ; " Whether it could be reasonably expected , that a series of portents , repeated at similar intervals , would preserve the whole of that mass from the ...
... cause , ) I would willingly abide the verdicts of my opponents on this question ; " Whether it could be reasonably expected , that a series of portents , repeated at similar intervals , would preserve the whole of that mass from the ...
Page 304
... cause of the aboli- tion of the Slave Trade . Let them ascend a step higher ; let them employ their powers to enforce both the truth and the practical importance of Christianity . In this age of increasing wealth and luxury , religion ...
... cause of the aboli- tion of the Slave Trade . Let them ascend a step higher ; let them employ their powers to enforce both the truth and the practical importance of Christianity . In this age of increasing wealth and luxury , religion ...
Page 307
... cause to explain the phenomenon in question . Philosophy in all her branches has suffered too much already from our love of generalizing , which is in fact the love of system . This method of reducing every appearance in the natural and ...
... cause to explain the phenomenon in question . Philosophy in all her branches has suffered too much already from our love of generalizing , which is in fact the love of system . This method of reducing every appearance in the natural and ...
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Page 474 - For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith...
Page 274 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Page 432 - Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Page 410 - He that is of God heareth God's words. Ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
Page 432 - ... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 468 - Christ ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works,
Page 411 - But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning, who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
Page 537 - I shall do so ; But I must also feel it as a man : I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me.
Page 482 - And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie : but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Page 396 - O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.