The Precepts of Jesus: The Guide to Peace and Happiness, Extracted from the Books of the New Testament Ascribed to the Four Evangelists. To which are Added the First, Second, and Final Appeal to the Christian Public, in Reply to the Observations of Dr. Marshman ...B. Bates, 1826 - 318 pages |
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... Writings of the Hindoos had also convinced him , that the prevail- ing notions respecting the multiplicity of Deities , and the superstitious devotion to the licentious and inhuman customs connected with them , were grounded upon an ...
... Writings of the Hindoos had also convinced him , that the prevail- ing notions respecting the multiplicity of Deities , and the superstitious devotion to the licentious and inhuman customs connected with them , were grounded upon an ...
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... Writings of the Hindoos had also convinced him , that the prevail- ing notions respecting the multiplicity of Deities , and the superstitious devotion to the licentious and inhuman customs connected with them , were grounded upon an ...
... Writings of the Hindoos had also convinced him , that the prevail- ing notions respecting the multiplicity of Deities , and the superstitious devotion to the licentious and inhuman customs connected with them , were grounded upon an ...
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... writings , may be well thought to have dis- posed him to a candid examination of the Chris- tian revelation . From the perusal of the New Testament , in his " long and uninterrupted re- searches into religious truth , " he found , he ...
... writings , may be well thought to have dis- posed him to a candid examination of the Chris- tian revelation . From the perusal of the New Testament , in his " long and uninterrupted re- searches into religious truth , " he found , he ...
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... writings of the evangelists . Soon after the pub- lication of this tract , there appeared in " The Friend of India , " * a periodical work under the di- rection of the Baptist missionaries , an article ani- madverting upon it , which ...
... writings of the evangelists . Soon after the pub- lication of this tract , there appeared in " The Friend of India , " * a periodical work under the di- rection of the Baptist missionaries , an article ani- madverting upon it , which ...
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... writings of Christian authors , and in the conversation of those teachers of Christianity with whom I have had the honour of holding communication . Amongst those opi- nions , the most prevalent seems to be , that no one is justly ...
... writings of Christian authors , and in the conversation of those teachers of Christianity with whom I have had the honour of holding communication . Amongst those opi- nions , the most prevalent seems to be , that no one is justly ...
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Page 41 - And He spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: and he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul. Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Page 14 - But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Page 36 - And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things ; but one thing is needful. And Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Page 27 - And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them : and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, "Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein." And he took them up in ' his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
Page 204 - Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men : but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him : but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come : because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
Page 41 - And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Page vii - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill ; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment. But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be in danger of the judgment : and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council : but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Page 25 - But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; but unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
Page 56 - Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
Page 17 - Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 43 But know this, that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh.