On the Prophecies and Testimony of John the Baptist, and the Parallel Prophecies of Jesus Christ,: Eight Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford, in the Year 1782, at the Lecture Founded by the Rev. John Bampton, M.A. Late Canon of SalisburyD. Prince and J. Cooke, and J. F. and C. Rivington, and T. Cadell, London., 1782 - 216 pages |
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... natural powers , ibid . but by the coming of the Holy Ghost upon them , 196. He brought the Gospel down from heaven , 199. the Apostles ftood in need of further illumination afterwards , ibid . II . The continuance of the Law , ano ...
... natural powers , ibid . but by the coming of the Holy Ghost upon them , 196. He brought the Gospel down from heaven , 199. the Apostles ftood in need of further illumination afterwards , ibid . II . The continuance of the Law , ano ...
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... natural course of things , they fhould not be handed down from age to age , in the fame manner , with the works of all the other ancient writers of Greece and Rome ; which , though tranfmitted through the hands of many profligate and ...
... natural course of things , they fhould not be handed down from age to age , in the fame manner , with the works of all the other ancient writers of Greece and Rome ; which , though tranfmitted through the hands of many profligate and ...
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... natural and reasonable effect , for the Evangelist adds , " and many believed on him there . " They faw and felt the true evidence of the prophetical character of John , and were immediately led , by their just views , to proceed one ...
... natural and reasonable effect , for the Evangelist adds , " and many believed on him there . " They faw and felt the true evidence of the prophetical character of John , and were immediately led , by their just views , to proceed one ...
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... nature and defign of his office . And , as this point seems of confequence in any account of the tefti- mony of the Baptift to Jefus , this discourse fhall be clofed with a fhort illuftration of it . Many prophets , and especially Elias ...
... nature and defign of his office . And , as this point seems of confequence in any account of the tefti- mony of the Baptift to Jefus , this discourse fhall be clofed with a fhort illuftration of it . Many prophets , and especially Elias ...
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... nature , which was beft calcu- lated to carry their views forward to the Meffias . A perfuafion that John really was a pro- phet , generally prevailed ; this feems to be clear from the Jewish hiftorians . But the Scriptures alone affign ...
... nature , which was beft calcu- lated to carry their views forward to the Meffias . A perfuafion that John really was a pro- phet , generally prevailed ; this feems to be clear from the Jewish hiftorians . But the Scriptures alone affign ...
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Page 93 - And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon Him. And I knew Him not : but He that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, the same is He which baptizeth With the Holy Ghost, and I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
Page 176 - If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong to thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Page 183 - I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire...
Page 92 - ... having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved ; in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace...
Page 176 - For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee ; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another ; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Page 162 - I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven: But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 164 - These twelve Jesus sent forth and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not : But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.