Demonstration of the Truth of the Christian ReligionHarper, 1839 - 336 pages |
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... believed our report ? Hu- man testimony may have been borne to it in ages past by a thousand tongues , and written by a thousand pens , and the same question be as often repeated . The light might shine in darkness , and yet the ...
... believed our report ? Hu- man testimony may have been borne to it in ages past by a thousand tongues , and written by a thousand pens , and the same question be as often repeated . The light might shine in darkness , and yet the ...
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... believed the declamations of a false philosophy would be confounded , and the heavens and the earth , and the word of Him that made them , " be avenged of the man who calum- niates them ; " that the deceiver is himself deceived , and ...
... believed the declamations of a false philosophy would be confounded , and the heavens and the earth , and the word of Him that made them , " be avenged of the man who calum- niates them ; " that the deceiver is himself deceived , and ...
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... believed not , because he saw not the extent of the laws of nature ; the sager philoso- pher does not believe , because he recognises the universality of these laws , and holds that they are absolutely inviolable . Of the latter ...
... believed not , because he saw not the extent of the laws of nature ; the sager philoso- pher does not believe , because he recognises the universality of these laws , and holds that they are absolutely inviolable . Of the latter ...
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... believed by any reasonable per- son without a miracle ; " and that " the proof against a mira- cle is as entire as any argument from experience can possi- bly be imagined . " Such reasoning , when unveiled , shows an undisguised ...
... believed by any reasonable per- son without a miracle ; " and that " the proof against a mira- cle is as entire as any argument from experience can possi- bly be imagined . " Such reasoning , when unveiled , shows an undisguised ...
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... believed , by all who , seeing , will see , or hearing , will hear - as heralds of the gospel of peace , and witnesses for God concerning the work of redemption - even as assuredly as they have been in the awards of his judg- ments on ...
... believed , by all who , seeing , will see , or hearing , will hear - as heralds of the gospel of peace , and witnesses for God concerning the work of redemption - even as assuredly as they have been in the awards of his judg- ments on ...
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Page 292 - Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels ? But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Page 136 - For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
Page 55 - But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Page 67 - Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
Page 264 - Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see : and they glorified the God of Israel.
Page 146 - Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
Page 136 - For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: 5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
Page 202 - For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, And as a root out of a dry ground. He hath no form nor comeliness; And when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Page 136 - And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
Page 109 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: 23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges; of the earth as vanity.