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Page viii
... expect the like treatment ; he sent them forth as lambs in the midst of wolves , and assured them that their attach- ment to him would draw on them the hatred of mankind , so far as even to deprive them of the rights of civil society ...
... expect the like treatment ; he sent them forth as lambs in the midst of wolves , and assured them that their attach- ment to him would draw on them the hatred of mankind , so far as even to deprive them of the rights of civil society ...
Page viii
... expect by the parable of the tares ) revivals of religion have been generally attended with some incidental offences , and coun- terfeited by many false appearances . It has been so in times past , it is so at present , and we are far ...
... expect by the parable of the tares ) revivals of religion have been generally attended with some incidental offences , and coun- terfeited by many false appearances . It has been so in times past , it is so at present , and we are far ...
Page ix
... expect strict demonstrations from others , while , in their own cause , they are not ashamed to produce slanders for proofs , and jests for arguments : thus they tri- umph without a victory , and decide , ex cathedrį , without so much ...
... expect strict demonstrations from others , while , in their own cause , they are not ashamed to produce slanders for proofs , and jests for arguments : thus they tri- umph without a victory , and decide , ex cathedrį , without so much ...
Page xii
... expect to find every thing that might have deserved a place . The life of a man would hardly suffice to furnish a work of this sort in its just extent . I must content myself with selecting a competent number of the most authentic and ...
... expect to find every thing that might have deserved a place . The life of a man would hardly suffice to furnish a work of this sort in its just extent . I must content myself with selecting a competent number of the most authentic and ...
Page xv
... expect that all my readers will be pleased with the application I have made of New Testament facts to the state of religion in our times ; but as I am not conscious that I have written a single line with a view to provoke or inflame , I ...
... expect that all my readers will be pleased with the application I have made of New Testament facts to the state of religion in our times ; but as I am not conscious that I have written a single line with a view to provoke or inflame , I ...
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Page 165 - What mean ye to weep, and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Page 54 - That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed...
Page 222 - But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children : So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
Page 45 - 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 265 - For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.
Page 587 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take ; The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 621 - It can bring with it nothing But he will bear us through : Who gives the lilies clothing Will clothe his people too : Beneath the spreading heavens No creature but is fed ; And he who feeds the ravens Will give his children bread.
Page 60 - The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, 29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
Page 509 - Here may we prove the power of prayer To strengthen faith, and sweeten care, To teach our faint desires to rise, And bring all Heaven before our eyes...
Page 437 - Tis a point I long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought ; Do I love the Lord, or no ? Am I his, or am I not ? 2 If I love, why am I thus?