The Divine Authority of Holy Scripture Asserted, from Its Adaptation to the Real State of Human Nature,: In Eight Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford, in the Year MDCCCXVII, at the Lecture Founded by the Late Rev. John Bampton, M.A. Canon of SalisburyAt the University Press for the author. Sold by J. Parker, Oxford; Messrs. Rivington, St. Paul's Church Yard; and J. Hatchard, Piccadilly, London., 1817 - 247 pages |
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... live therein , in safety and security , ex- cept in a mansion of his own building ; let him set to work , and build . He has the property ; and it is open to him so to do . His own right of inclination justifies the act , where nothing ...
... live therein , in safety and security , ex- cept in a mansion of his own building ; let him set to work , and build . He has the property ; and it is open to him so to do . His own right of inclination justifies the act , where nothing ...
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... live under a hap- pier light of human knowledge , and of civil go- vernment ? It is a blessing to be enabled to in- quire : and God give unto us , as many as enjoy the ability , grace to profit by it ! But to insist upon inquiry , ( I ...
... live under a hap- pier light of human knowledge , and of civil go- vernment ? It is a blessing to be enabled to in- quire : and God give unto us , as many as enjoy the ability , grace to profit by it ! But to insist upon inquiry , ( I ...
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... live in the light , can here or elsewhere trace , without impiety , a condescension , asking for our love , and stooping for our happiness ; what an argument is it for Christian submission , upon the principle of " love to God ! " what ...
... live in the light , can here or elsewhere trace , without impiety , a condescension , asking for our love , and stooping for our happiness ; what an argument is it for Christian submission , upon the principle of " love to God ! " what ...
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... live by sight is not the way to conquer the perverse will , nor to bring the heart of man unto that extent of obedience and of pu- rity , of which , even in this present life , God is pleased to make it capable . When the history of the ...
... live by sight is not the way to conquer the perverse will , nor to bring the heart of man unto that extent of obedience and of pu- rity , of which , even in this present life , God is pleased to make it capable . When the history of the ...
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... live henceforth by faith , and not by sight , for the life of sight is over ; Cf. Lect . iv . watching the wanderings of the intellectual will , part 1 . as well as of the moral , lest it should tempt us to strive against our Maker ...
... live henceforth by faith , and not by sight , for the life of sight is over ; Cf. Lect . iv . watching the wanderings of the intellectual will , part 1 . as well as of the moral , lest it should tempt us to strive against our Maker ...
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Page 33 - But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Page 240 - What then! notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached ; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
Page 171 - For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.
Page ix - But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Page 127 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 153 - Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say : If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Page 181 - All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness : That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
Page 132 - But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
Page 164 - And I said, This is my infirmity : but I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.
Page 206 - Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.