A Defence of Christianity: Against the Work of George B. English, A. M., Entitled, The Grounds of Christianity Examined, by Comparing the New Testament with the OldCummings and Hilliard, no. 1, Cornhill, 1814 - 484 pages |
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... Paul .... The Mosaick religion never can be universal .... does not teach the doctrine of immortal life . pp . 329-371 . CHAPTER IX . Mr. English's work contains two systems , the Jewish and De- istick ... A contradiction exposed ...
... Paul .... The Mosaick religion never can be universal .... does not teach the doctrine of immortal life . pp . 329-371 . CHAPTER IX . Mr. English's work contains two systems , the Jewish and De- istick ... A contradiction exposed ...
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... Paul , " whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power , and signs , and lying wonders . " It is a matter of real surprise that these passages of scripture should have been so often and ex- tensively misapprehended . Our ...
... Paul , " whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power , and signs , and lying wonders . " It is a matter of real surprise that these passages of scripture should have been so often and ex- tensively misapprehended . Our ...
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... Paul , the gift of tongues , the historical testimony , the authenticity of the New Testament , and , as Mr. English ingeniously entitles one chapter , " Miscellaneous " matters . I do not say that he has not a fair right to discuss ...
... Paul , the gift of tongues , the historical testimony , the authenticity of the New Testament , and , as Mr. English ingeniously entitles one chapter , " Miscellaneous " matters . I do not say that he has not a fair right to discuss ...
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... Paul . The next application of prophecy , to which Mr. English objects , is that by Peter , Acts iv .. 25 , who quotes the words of the second psalm " Why did the heathen rage , and the people imagine vain things ? The kings of the ...
... Paul . The next application of prophecy , to which Mr. English objects , is that by Peter , Acts iv .. 25 , who quotes the words of the second psalm " Why did the heathen rage , and the people imagine vain things ? The kings of the ...
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... Paul , " that Egyptian , which before these days madest an uproar , and leddest out * Acts v . 37 . The Jews thought that they were to be exempted from all taxes in the days of the Messiah . This explains the conduct of Judas in ...
... Paul , " that Egyptian , which before these days madest an uproar , and leddest out * Acts v . 37 . The Jews thought that they were to be exempted from all taxes in the days of the Messiah . This explains the conduct of Judas in ...
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Page 53 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say : — " Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths :" for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Page 370 - Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel : behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost : we are cut off for our parts.
Page 335 - And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor...
Page 154 - 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 353 - 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 202 - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Page 18 - And it shall come to pass if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
Page 302 - And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Page 69 - If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind ; Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Page 308 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.