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... interposition of the Deity ; a thought which might farther be con- firmed by some remarkable passages of heathen writers , which I have not now time particularly to mention . 3. We may easily conclude , " that if a 18 ON THE EVIDENCES.
... interposition of the Deity ; a thought which might farther be con- firmed by some remarkable passages of heathen writers , which I have not now time particularly to mention . 3. We may easily conclude , " that if a 18 ON THE EVIDENCES.
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... mention it as a thing notoriously certain , that Christianity was then of some standing in the world ; some of them giving directions and exhortations to their * Such was Clement Romanus , Ignatius , Poly- carp , Justin Martyr , Irenæus ...
... mention it as a thing notoriously certain , that Christianity was then of some standing in the world ; some of them giving directions and exhortations to their * Such was Clement Romanus , Ignatius , Poly- carp , Justin Martyr , Irenæus ...
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... mentions the Christians , " as examples of a reso- lute and obstinate contempt of death : " and it is generally supposed they are the Galileans , whom Epictetus speaks of , " as those whom prac- * Many of every age and rank , and of ...
... mentions the Christians , " as examples of a reso- lute and obstinate contempt of death : " and it is generally supposed they are the Galileans , whom Epictetus speaks of , " as those whom prac- * Many of every age and rank , and of ...
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... mention the passage said to be in Philo Judæus ( who was contemporary with the Apostles ) relating to the Christians in his days , and the methods taken , by an embassy from Jerusalem , to prevent the pro- gress of their religion : but ...
... mention the passage said to be in Philo Judæus ( who was contemporary with the Apostles ) relating to the Christians in his days , and the methods taken , by an embassy from Jerusalem , to prevent the pro- gress of their religion : but ...
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... mention those very memorable passages in the Philopatris , which is of a much later date . But a particular detail of these things would swell this note to a very improper bulk . ] + See Spartian's Life of Severus , chap . xxix . and ...
... mention those very memorable passages in the Philopatris , which is of a much later date . But a particular detail of these things would swell this note to a very improper bulk . ] + See Spartian's Life of Severus , chap . xxix . and ...
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Page 177 - We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
Page 120 - And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God, peradventure, will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil who are taken captive by him at his will.
Page 163 - But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Page 161 - But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of Me: and ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with Me from the beginning.
Page 116 - Through the tender mer'cy of our God : whereby the day-spring from' on high hath visited us ; To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in' the shadow of death : and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Page 162 - Peace be unto you ; as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them; Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them, and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Page 160 - I will pray the Father, and he shall send you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever...
Page 155 - And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety that the Lord hath sent his angel and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
Page 134 - INSPIRATION, the conveying of certain extraordinary and supernatural notions or motions into the soul ; or it denotes any supernatural influence of God upon the mind of a rational creature, whereby he is formed to any degree of intellectual improvement, to which he could not, or would not, in fact, have attained in his present circumstances in a natural way.
Page 126 - ... a savour of life unto life, or a savour of death unto death.