The Works of Richard Hurd, Lord Bishop of Worcester: Theological worksT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1811 |
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... supposed them to be of this stamp . When men had nothing to trust to , in their predictions , but their own ingenuity , they did well to deal in equivocal or enigmatic expression , and might leave it to chance , or to the passions of ...
... supposed them to be of this stamp . When men had nothing to trust to , in their predictions , but their own ingenuity , they did well to deal in equivocal or enigmatic expression , and might leave it to chance , or to the passions of ...
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... not corresponding to our imperfect and short- sighted views . So much for that capital prejudice taken from the supposed obscurity of the scriptural L prophecies . Of smaller scruples and difficul- SERMON ties 16 FALSE IDEAS OF PROPHECY .
... not corresponding to our imperfect and short- sighted views . So much for that capital prejudice taken from the supposed obscurity of the scriptural L prophecies . Of smaller scruples and difficul- SERMON ties 16 FALSE IDEAS OF PROPHECY .
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... supposed to point at Jesus : and the contro- versy concerning the application of some pro- phecies to him may be thought difficult . But it is very certain that the Jews , before the coming of Christ , gave this construction to their ...
... supposed to point at Jesus : and the contro- versy concerning the application of some pro- phecies to him may be thought difficult . But it is very certain that the Jews , before the coming of Christ , gave this construction to their ...
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... supposed , in favour of prophecy . Because , though all conclusions from a principle of hu- man invention , must be hazardous and rash , yet from a principle of divine authority , many sober and just inferences may be drawn . For it is ...
... supposed , in favour of prophecy . Because , though all conclusions from a principle of hu- man invention , must be hazardous and rash , yet from a principle of divine authority , many sober and just inferences may be drawn . For it is ...
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... supposed to adapt itself to the nature of the dispensation ; that is , to have different degrees of clearness or obscurity according to its place in the general- system ; and not to disclose more of it , or in clearer terms , at any one ...
... supposed to adapt itself to the nature of the dispensation ; that is , to have different degrees of clearness or obscurity according to its place in the general- system ; and not to disclose more of it , or in clearer terms , at any one ...
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Page 164 - Behold my servant, whom I have chosen ; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased : I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
Page 290 - Hanc olim veteres vitam coluere Sabini, Hanc Remus et frater, sic fortis Etruria crevit Scilicet, et rerum facta est pulcherrima Roma, Septemque una sibi muro circumdedit arces.
Page 32 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come ; that Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
Page 31 - But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
Page 160 - And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.
Page 154 - It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Page 167 - For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Page 162 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: which indeed is the least of all seeds : but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Page 357 - Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish : for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
Page 143 - And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them : for I am the LORD their God.