An essay concerning the nature of manLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green&Longman, 1837 - 159 pages |
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... afford , perhaps , one of the most powerful arguments which can be used in favour of the divine origin of the Scriptures ; but the proof of their truth , as before stated , forms no part of the present design . These two ex- traneous ...
... afford , perhaps , one of the most powerful arguments which can be used in favour of the divine origin of the Scriptures ; but the proof of their truth , as before stated , forms no part of the present design . These two ex- traneous ...
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... afford a term , whereby to mark at once , without the possibility of mistake or confusion , the far most essential portion of his nature : yet such is the fact . Let us see the senses in which the term is used by Moses , in those ...
... afford a term , whereby to mark at once , without the possibility of mistake or confusion , the far most essential portion of his nature : yet such is the fact . Let us see the senses in which the term is used by Moses , in those ...
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... afford much direct or positive evidence concerning the nature of man , yet its silence on the subject of an immaterial principle in him must be allowed to be a strong argument against the existence of such . For when we consider that ...
... afford much direct or positive evidence concerning the nature of man , yet its silence on the subject of an immaterial principle in him must be allowed to be a strong argument against the existence of such . For when we consider that ...
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... afford a powerful argument in favour of an intermediate state of conscious existence , so far as these two are concerned , but even then would not much affect the main question . Let us , however , examine the texts . Gen. v . 23. And ...
... afford a powerful argument in favour of an intermediate state of conscious existence , so far as these two are concerned , but even then would not much affect the main question . Let us , however , examine the texts . Gen. v . 23. And ...
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... afford a strong argument in fa- vour of the doctrine which it is the purpose of this Essay to establish but many learned men have given a version very different from ours , * Possibly , and indeed probably , at the time when the Book of ...
... afford a strong argument in fa- vour of the doctrine which it is the purpose of this Essay to establish but many learned men have given a version very different from ours , * Possibly , and indeed probably , at the time when the Book of ...
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Page 136 - Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead ? 30.
Page 135 - Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead...
Page 67 - None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him...
Page 68 - I am counted with them that go down into the pit : I am as a man that hath no strength : 5 Free among the dead, like PSALMS. a grievous complaint. the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more : and they are cut off from thy hand. 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. 7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves.
Page 60 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 120 - And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, 34. Hayhig, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon. 35. And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread. 36. And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Page 65 - When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
Page 114 - And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 28 Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Page 113 - Now there were with us seven brethren : and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother : 26.
Page 75 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.