The Evidences of the Genuineness of the Gospels, Volume 2J. B. Russell, 1844 |
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... religion . In order to have a full conception of the evidences and value of Christianity , we must be informed of the state of the human character , that existed at the time of its introduction , and with which it had to struggle . As ...
... religion . In order to have a full conception of the evidences and value of Christianity , we must be informed of the state of the human character , that existed at the time of its introduction , and with which it had to struggle . As ...
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... religion addressed to men , was " Reform . " It came to re - create their characters , to change them in their own view from earthly to immortal beings , to call forth new affections , to supply new princi- ples and aims , and to teach ...
... religion addressed to men , was " Reform . " It came to re - create their characters , to change them in their own view from earthly to immortal beings , to call forth new affections , to supply new princi- ples and aims , and to teach ...
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... religion of Christ , the religion taught in the Gospels , did not come into being at any period subsequent to his time . Those who became its disciples after his death did not originate what they but imperfectly and erroneously ...
... religion of Christ , the religion taught in the Gospels , did not come into being at any period subsequent to his time . Those who became its disciples after his death did not originate what they but imperfectly and erroneously ...
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... religion of Christ is one thing , and the religion of the early Chris- tians was another . But this renders it the more necessary , in order to estimate correctly the character of the early fathers , the early wri- ters of eminence ...
... religion of Christ is one thing , and the religion of the early Chris- tians was another . But this renders it the more necessary , in order to estimate correctly the character of the early fathers , the early wri- ters of eminence ...
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... religion . After fixing our attention on them steadily , what appeared at first view altogether confused and monstrous begins to assume a form bet- ter defined ; the great features common to their systems show themselves more distinctly ...
... religion . After fixing our attention on them steadily , what appeared at first view altogether confused and monstrous begins to assume a form bet- ter defined ; the great features common to their systems show themselves more distinctly ...
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Page cxxiii - Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel : and they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
Page cxlii - Will a man rob God ? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Page cxxv - And they shall make an ark of shittim wood : two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
Page lxxviii - Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones : and thou shalt offer...
Page cxxxvii - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me ? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Page clxx - I did one work, and ye all marvel. For this cause hath Moses given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers) ; and on the sabbath ye circumcise a man. If a man receiveth circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken ; are ye wroth with me, because I made a man every whit whole on the sabbath ? Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Page cxlii - If I were hungry I would not tell thee : for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Page cxxxix - What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. Behold, all souls are mine ; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Page cxxiv - And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
Page cxlii - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.