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... apostles , and put them in the common prison . " And now heaven itself interposed in the contest : the angel of the Lord opened the prison doors , set the apostles at liberty , and enjoined them to go into the Temple and speak to the ...
... apostles , and put them in the common prison . " And now heaven itself interposed in the contest : the angel of the Lord opened the prison doors , set the apostles at liberty , and enjoined them to go into the Temple and speak to the ...
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... apostles to the notion that the Gentiles were to be received into the churches of Christ on the very same terms as the Jews . This we learn was the meaning of the vision which the apostle Peter had at Joppa , as recorded in chapter x ...
... apostles to the notion that the Gentiles were to be received into the churches of Christ on the very same terms as the Jews . This we learn was the meaning of the vision which the apostle Peter had at Joppa , as recorded in chapter x ...
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... apostle Paul , " sin en- tered into the world , and death by sin , and so death passed upon all men , in that all have sinned " — " by the offence of one judg- ment came upon all men to condemnation . " This is the com- mentary made by ...
... apostle Paul , " sin en- tered into the world , and death by sin , and so death passed upon all men , in that all have sinned " — " by the offence of one judg- ment came upon all men to condemnation . " This is the com- mentary made by ...
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... apostles after his ascension . The Scriptures invariably adduce this as a proof , " that Jesus is able to save to the uttermost all that come unto God by him . " To the same effect is the declaration of the apostle Peter , in one of his ...
... apostles after his ascension . The Scriptures invariably adduce this as a proof , " that Jesus is able to save to the uttermost all that come unto God by him . " To the same effect is the declaration of the apostle Peter , in one of his ...
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... apostle Peter , on the day of Pentecost , declared to a vast multi- tude , who were then convened at Jerusalem out of almost every nation under heaven , the divine mission , the life , death , resur- rection , ascension , and glorious ...
... apostle Peter , on the day of Pentecost , declared to a vast multi- tude , who were then convened at Jerusalem out of almost every nation under heaven , the divine mission , the life , death , resur- rection , ascension , and glorious ...
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Page 526 - And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood; which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: 21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
Page 537 - Let no man deceive you by any means : for (that day shall not come,) except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition ; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped ; so that he, as God, sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
Page 120 - SAVE me, O God ; for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Page 164 - Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in Heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of Heaven with power and great glory.
Page 498 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
Page 538 - And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be .tormented five months : and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
Page 103 - Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone : if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
Page 26 - The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful.
Page 497 - WE were now treading that illustrious Island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity...
Page 305 - And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, that Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying, Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.