The Evidences of Christianity; in Their External, Or Historical, Division: Exhibited in a Course of Lectures,Smith, English & Company, 1861 - 416 sider |
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Side 18
... Suppose then , for a moment , that such were the case , what could we substitute for the gospel ? We must either plunge into the abyss of atheism , or find some- thing in the regions of paganism that would answer ; or be content with ...
... Suppose then , for a moment , that such were the case , what could we substitute for the gospel ? We must either plunge into the abyss of atheism , or find some- thing in the regions of paganism that would answer ; or be content with ...
Side 28
... Suppose they should become fixed in the rejection of christianity , and to the influence of their exam- ple on the side of infidelity , should add the effort of argument , tending to weaken the faith of others , and to increase the ...
... Suppose they should become fixed in the rejection of christianity , and to the influence of their exam- ple on the side of infidelity , should add the effort of argument , tending to weaken the faith of others , and to increase the ...
Side 65
... suppose the dignity of our Lord's person , and a power of working miracles , toge- ther with a high degree of authority , as having been con- veyed by him to his apostles . " * That apocryphal books should have been published in the ...
... suppose the dignity of our Lord's person , and a power of working miracles , toge- ther with a high degree of authority , as having been con- veyed by him to his apostles . " * That apocryphal books should have been published in the ...
Side 75
... suppose . Had it not been for the great care and candour of those early Christians , from whom we learn the fact , it would have seemed of too limited an extent , and too inconsiderable in its origin , to merit any more than a very ...
... suppose . Had it not been for the great care and candour of those early Christians , from whom we learn the fact , it would have seemed of too limited an extent , and too inconsiderable in its origin , to merit any more than a very ...
Side 83
... suppose that it was spurious . " † How well this ingenious writer understood the value of an argument against the authenticity of a book of scripture , and how greedily he would have enlisted it in his war against chris- tianity , could ...
... suppose that it was spurious . " † How well this ingenious writer understood the value of an argument against the authenticity of a book of scripture , and how greedily he would have enlisted it in his war against chris- tianity , could ...
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Side 246 - The strong language in the Epistle to the Hebrews is eminently applicable. Some " were tortured, not accepting deliverance; others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment : they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheep-skins, and goat-skins ; being
Side 207 - the abomination of desolation stand in the holy place? " then know that the desolation thereof is nigh." " Then let them which be in Judea flee to the mountains : let him that is on the house-top not come down to take any thing out of his house : neither let him which is in the
Side 240 - of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful : Who, knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them."* This
Side 102 - Jerusalem, a deep impression of astonishment was produced on the public mind by a rumour of certain miraculous events in the company of the apostles, so that " the multitude came together and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language." Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and
Side 182 - The Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other ; and among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest ; and thou shalt become an
Side 38 - Still earlier, we find Justin Martyr giving the emperor an account of the Christian worship, in which it is written : " The memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, according as the time allows ; and when the reader has ended, the president makes a discourse, exhorting to the imitation of so excellent
Side 218 - A ploughshare," says Gibbon, "was drawn over the consecrated ground, as a sign of perpetual interdiction." Thus literally fulfilling that prophecy of Micah : " Therefore shall Zion, for your sakes, be ploughed as a field, and Jerusalem become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the
Side 195 - Behold (saith He) I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book." " He that confesseth me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven." But
Side 387 - if thou criest after knowledge, and Liftest up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as hid treasures ; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
Side 214 - coming, in the which they will say, Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, fall on us,