The office and mission of st. John the baptist, an essay which obtained the Norrisian medal |
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... hopes were dropping suc- cessively away , when their eye - lids were loosed with sickness and infirmities , -when the veil of death encircled their head with its images of horror , and they were about to descend with guilt and sorrow to ...
... hopes were dropping suc- cessively away , when their eye - lids were loosed with sickness and infirmities , -when the veil of death encircled their head with its images of horror , and they were about to descend with guilt and sorrow to ...
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... hopes , and assume the character of the promised Messiah ? -No : " He confessed , and denied not ; but confessed , I am not the Christ . ” -Did he even affirm that he was Elijah the Tishbite , whom they expected , or " the prophet ...
... hopes , and assume the character of the promised Messiah ? -No : " He confessed , and denied not ; but confessed , I am not the Christ . ” -Did he even affirm that he was Elijah the Tishbite , whom they expected , or " the prophet ...
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... unculti- vated , and thence called the wilderness ' by way of com- parison . 4 Luke i . 80 . 5 John i . 19 . 6 - ness and severity ; where then were their hopes 31 approve, and so preeminently skilful as to manage ...
... unculti- vated , and thence called the wilderness ' by way of com- parison . 4 Luke i . 80 . 5 John i . 19 . 6 - ness and severity ; where then were their hopes 31 approve, and so preeminently skilful as to manage ...
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James Amiraux Jeremie. - ness and severity ; where then were their hopes of grandeur or of wealth ? The advantage , if any , was visionary and remote : the danger manifest , imminent , and appalling . It is already evident that every one ...
James Amiraux Jeremie. - ness and severity ; where then were their hopes of grandeur or of wealth ? The advantage , if any , was visionary and remote : the danger manifest , imminent , and appalling . It is already evident that every one ...
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... hope for milder treatment from a gloomy despot , who dreaded the appearance of that new King , whose approach he proclaimed ; —yet he comes , and with 1 1 Matt . iii . 3 , & c . 3 Matt . iii . 8 . 4.66 ---- 2 Luke iii . 16 . Βαρὺ τοῖς ...
... hope for milder treatment from a gloomy despot , who dreaded the appearance of that new King , whose approach he proclaimed ; —yet he comes , and with 1 1 Matt . iii . 3 , & c . 3 Matt . iii . 8 . 4.66 ---- 2 Luke iii . 16 . Βαρὺ τοῖς ...
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Page 38 - O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high . mountain: O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God.
Page 39 - BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me : and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple; even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in; behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 38 - The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together : for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Page 79 - There is another that beareth witness of me, and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
Page 75 - And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; To give knowledge of salvation unto his people By the remission of their sins...
Page 34 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Page 84 - What shall we do then? 11 He answereth, and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none ; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
Page 47 - And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. 14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
Page 76 - If there arise among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or wonder come to pass whereof .he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods which thou hast not known, and let us serve them ; thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams ; for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Page 84 - Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror : and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. 34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.