Poems on several occasions, Volume 1T. Becket, 1803 |
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... arguments in its favour , not to support it as far as they are able . Not to defend , is here almost as bad as to desert . And now before I proceed further , I will assure him who honours me with an attention to these pages , that I ...
... arguments in its favour , not to support it as far as they are able . Not to defend , is here almost as bad as to desert . And now before I proceed further , I will assure him who honours me with an attention to these pages , that I ...
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... arguments upon this subject . It may be useful however to engage the attention to such arguments , though they may have been urged before . I conceive the arguments advanced in this work , in favour of Christianity to be unanswerable ...
... arguments upon this subject . It may be useful however to engage the attention to such arguments , though they may have been urged before . I conceive the arguments advanced in this work , in favour of Christianity to be unanswerable ...
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... arguments . I mean to speak of the goodness and truth of the cause which I have es- poused . I trust that the arguments will bring con- viction to the breast of every candid unbeliever who will attend to them . I conceive it to be vain ...
... arguments . I mean to speak of the goodness and truth of the cause which I have es- poused . I trust that the arguments will bring con- viction to the breast of every candid unbeliever who will attend to them . I conceive it to be vain ...
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... argument that may from hence be urged in favour of Chris- tianity . St. Paul and St. John + could not have con- jectured that such a power as they describe , would exist . The idea of such a power could only have been impressed upon ...
... argument that may from hence be urged in favour of Chris- tianity . St. Paul and St. John + could not have con- jectured that such a power as they describe , would exist . The idea of such a power could only have been impressed upon ...
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... argument may be urged in favour of the apostles having known that what they asserted was a truth , from their bearing with chearfulness and joy this persecution , which it is too certain to be denied or doubted , that they expected to ...
... argument may be urged in favour of the apostles having known that what they asserted was a truth , from their bearing with chearfulness and joy this persecution , which it is too certain to be denied or doubted , that they expected to ...
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Page 30 - And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, saying The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
Page 32 - Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands ; and reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side ; and be not faithless but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
Page 8 - And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Page 8 - And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Page 7 - Know, therefore, and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince, shall be seven weeks and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Page 29 - And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying ; All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. Then said Jesus unto them ; Be not afraid ; go, tell my brethren, that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
Page 30 - Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself; handle me, and see ; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.
Page 38 - And to him they agreed : and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
Page 30 - And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Page 22 - Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron, forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.