Lectures on the Acts of the Apostles: Explanatory and PracticalGeorge Shaw; J. Green, printer, 1815 - 314 pages |
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... concerned ; the people , who acknowledged the force of such testi- mony , are the truly wise ; the disputer of this world , who rejects it , is the miserable fool . Let not then such vague and general assertions of popu- lar credulity ...
... concerned ; the people , who acknowledged the force of such testi- mony , are the truly wise ; the disputer of this world , who rejects it , is the miserable fool . Let not then such vague and general assertions of popu- lar credulity ...
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... concerned to observe his dying words , which are important in different respects : For first , his prayer , “ Lord Jesus receive my spirit , " - clearly marks his sense of our Saviour's divine nature as a fit subject of adoration ; and ...
... concerned to observe his dying words , which are important in different respects : For first , his prayer , “ Lord Jesus receive my spirit , " - clearly marks his sense of our Saviour's divine nature as a fit subject of adoration ; and ...
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... concerned . But first I would take notice of an expression in the present account of this matter , which seems at first hearing inconsistent with another narrative of it , given by St. Paul himself in the twenty - second chapter : where ...
... concerned . But first I would take notice of an expression in the present account of this matter , which seems at first hearing inconsistent with another narrative of it , given by St. Paul himself in the twenty - second chapter : where ...
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... concern in the frame of the Jewish religion . For the distinction of clean and unclean meats was ob- served with the utmost rigour by that people ; who were at all times remarkable for an entire devoti- on to external rites and ...
... concern in the frame of the Jewish religion . For the distinction of clean and unclean meats was ob- served with the utmost rigour by that people ; who were at all times remarkable for an entire devoti- on to external rites and ...
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... concerned , we cannot much wonder at a degree of respect and veneration on the part of the centu- rion exceeding proper bounds . But Peter , for the purpose of guarding him against this abuse in future , bids him stand up , saying , I ...
... concerned , we cannot much wonder at a degree of respect and veneration on the part of the centu- rion exceeding proper bounds . But Peter , for the purpose of guarding him against this abuse in future , bids him stand up , saying , I ...
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Page 5 - Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe: In my Name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents ; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven,...
Page 23 - Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
Page 3 - God : 4 and, being assembled together with them, commanded them, that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but, wait for the promise of the Father, " which," saith he, " ye have heard of " me. * For, John, truly, baptized with WATER ; but, ye " shall be baptized with the HOLY GHOST not many days
Page 157 - And the people gave a shout, saying ; It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 181 - Sirs, why do ye these things ? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein : who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
Page 141 - Pilate, saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead : so the last error shall be worse than the first.
Page 36 - Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne ; he seeing this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
Page 305 - And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
Page 3 - THE former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that JESUS began both to do and teach, until the day in which he was taken up, after that he, through the HOLY GHOST, had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen...
Page 166 - Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, "Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them." And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.