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Page 55
... plain allusion to the custom that prevailed in eastern countries , of sending messengers and pioneers to make the ways level and straight * Matth . iii . 1-6 . E 4 before before kings and princes and other great men , when LECTURE III . 55.
... plain allusion to the custom that prevailed in eastern countries , of sending messengers and pioneers to make the ways level and straight * Matth . iii . 1-6 . E 4 before before kings and princes and other great men , when LECTURE III . 55.
Page 56
... plain and commodious for the great personage whom they preceded . In the same manner was John the Baptist in a spiritual sense to go before the Lord , before the Saviour of the world , to prepare his way , to make his paths straight ...
... plain and commodious for the great personage whom they preceded . In the same manner was John the Baptist in a spiritual sense to go before the Lord , before the Saviour of the world , to prepare his way , to make his paths straight ...
Page 57
... plain ; and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed , and all flesh shall see it , " What a magnificent preparation is this for the great Founder of our religion ! What an exalted idea must it give us of his dignity and importance , to ...
... plain ; and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed , and all flesh shall see it , " What a magnificent preparation is this for the great Founder of our religion ! What an exalted idea must it give us of his dignity and importance , to ...
Page 72
... plain tendency and avowed object of John's decla- rations , and the effect was exactly what might be expected , and what he wished and intended , namely , that great numbers deserted him and followed Christ * . But besides bearing this ...
... plain tendency and avowed object of John's decla- rations , and the effect was exactly what might be expected , and what he wished and intended , namely , that great numbers deserted him and followed Christ * . But besides bearing this ...
Page 80
... plain . Then all difficulties will be removed , and there will be A HIGHWAY FOR OUR God . Then there will be a smooth and easy approach for the Gospel to the understanding , as well as to the heart ; there will be nothing to op- pose ...
... plain . Then all difficulties will be removed , and there will be A HIGHWAY FOR OUR God . Then there will be a smooth and easy approach for the Gospel to the understanding , as well as to the heart ; there will be nothing to op- pose ...
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Page 262 - And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation ; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: and if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
Page 113 - And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness, and all manner of disease among the people.
Page 173 - But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Page 31 - And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
Page 197 - And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
Page 262 - Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb . and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
Page 249 - But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
Page 63 - And the people asked him, saying, 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 295 - Behold, a sower went forth to sow ; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up : some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth : and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth : and when the sun was up, they were scorched ; and because they had no root, they withered away.
Page 95 - Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down ; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee : and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.