 | 1819 - 896 pages
...two of the Evangelists have expressly told us the end they had in view. The end of one is, that his readers might " know the certainty of those things wherein they had been instructed;" that of the other, that " they might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, aud that, believing,... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1829 - 420 pages
...of Luke, they write for the sake of giving more distinct information ; and that the readers migltt know the certainty of those things, wherein they had...prosecution of this task, they deliver themselves with thS most familiar and unembarrassed simplicity. They do not appear to anticipate the surprise of their... | |
 | Richard Whately - 1842 - 322 pages
...were already Christians—were provided as a lasting, pure, and authoritative record ; " that they might know the certainty of those things wherein they had been instructed." We find accordingly, as might have been expected, the references to Scripture in the works of the early... | |
 | 1843 - 220 pages
...were already Christians—were provided as a lasting, pure, and authoritative record ; " that they might know the certainty of those things wherein they had been instructed." (Luke i. 4) We find accordingly, as might have been expected, the refer-, ences to Scripture in the... | |
 | Henry Phibbs Fry - 1843 - 290 pages
...in the same condition, and for the same end, as it was received by the primitive Church, " that they might know the certainty of those things wherein they had been instructed." (Luke i. 4.) 98. TRADITION NECESSARY TO INTERPRETATION OF HOLY SCRIPTURE. The Scripture being designed... | |
 | Alexander Viets Griswold - 1843 - 162 pages
...inspired apostles for their teachers, still searched the scriptures daily for themselves, that they might know the certainty of those things wherein they had been instructed. And we are informed, too, of the happy effects of this their " noble " conduct: " Therefore, many of... | |
 | William Simcox Bricknell - 1845 - 776 pages
...tcere already Christians — were provided as a lasting, pure, and authoritative record ; " that they might know the certainty of those things wherein they had been instructed." We find accordingly, as might have been expected, the references to Scripture, in the works of the... | |
 | Richard Whately - 1845 - 420 pages
...were already Christians — were provided as a lasting, pure, and authoritative record ; " that they might know the certainty of those things wherein they had been instructed." We find accordingly, as might have been expected, the references to Scripture in the works of the early... | |
 | Thomas Wilson - 1846 - 498 pages
...synagogue before the eyes, and home to the heart, of the countless myriads for whom he wrote, that they might "know the certainty of those things " wherein they had been instructed ! We look and listen with senses rivetted upon the " Teacher come from God," as they deliver to him... | |
 | 1853 - 688 pages
...of recording and preserving the sayings and doings of their Master, so that disciples in every age ove thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For Thus the evangelists are rather to be understood as the recorders of important facts, than as the teachers... | |
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Christians—were provided as a lasting, pure, and authoritative record ; " that they might know the certainty of those things wherein they had been instructed. 
