Sermons, Volume 1Waugh & Innes, 1828 |
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... common sense , -is every impeachment , denial , or disbelief of the Scriptures , or of any doctrines which they contain , be- cause they are mysterious ? What is mystery ? It is inexplicableness . - Why is any doctrine inexplicable ...
... common sense , -is every impeachment , denial , or disbelief of the Scriptures , or of any doctrines which they contain , be- cause they are mysterious ? What is mystery ? It is inexplicableness . - Why is any doctrine inexplicable ...
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... common sense , can he fail to expect other things of the same kind in a revelation from God ? No declaration concerning the character of sinners can fail , if true , of being humiliating ; no declaration concerning their circumstances ...
... common sense , can he fail to expect other things of the same kind in a revelation from God ? No declaration concerning the character of sinners can fail , if true , of being humiliating ; no declaration concerning their circumstances ...
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... common sense , reading them with seriousness and integrity . In support of this answer , I adduce the following observa- tions : - I. The Scriptures were almost universally addressed by those who spoke and wrote them to persons of this ...
... common sense , reading them with seriousness and integrity . In support of this answer , I adduce the following observa- tions : - I. The Scriptures were almost universally addressed by those who spoke and wrote them to persons of this ...
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... common people . Matthew wrote his Gospel for the Hebrew Christians . Mark , Luke , and John wrote theirs for the Christian world at large . To the same persons were addressed the Acts of the Apostles . The Epistles of St. Paul , except ...
... common people . Matthew wrote his Gospel for the Hebrew Christians . Mark , Luke , and John wrote theirs for the Christian world at large . To the same persons were addressed the Acts of the Apostles . The Epistles of St. Paul , except ...
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... common sense or common decency , much less by a spirit of piety , that God has revealed his will to mankind , and yet that the language of the Revelation is such , that those to whom it is peculiarly addressed , should be unable to ...
... common sense or common decency , much less by a spirit of piety , that God has revealed his will to mankind , and yet that the language of the Revelation is such , that those to whom it is peculiarly addressed , should be unable to ...
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Page 255 - Ye call Me Master, and Lord : and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example that ye should do as I have done to you.
Page 260 - And He said unto them, Why are ye troubled ? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts ? Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself: handle Me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see Me have.
Page 512 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Page 243 - For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron : I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
Page 265 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth; when he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep; when he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment ; when he appointed the foundations of the earth : then I was by him, as one brought up with him; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of...
Page 205 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Page 503 - And to him they agreed : and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
Page xiii - And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: 39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page xv - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 537 - This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.