The Methodist Quarterly Review, Volume 29G. Lane and P.P. Sanford, 1847 - Methodist Church |
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... evidence for both of these opinions is ably and fairly presented , and the conclusion is finally made up with great power , that John wrote the Apocalypse in the time of Nero , about the year of our Lord 68 . The fourth argument of Prof ...
... evidence for both of these opinions is ably and fairly presented , and the conclusion is finally made up with great power , that John wrote the Apocalypse in the time of Nero , about the year of our Lord 68 . The fourth argument of Prof ...
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... evidence is so conclusive , the reader will be ready to inquire , how happens it that the opinion is so common , that the Apocalypse was written near the close of the first century , and near the apostle John's death ? This opinion ...
... evidence is so conclusive , the reader will be ready to inquire , how happens it that the opinion is so common , that the Apocalypse was written near the close of the first century , and near the apostle John's death ? This opinion ...
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... evidence , as adduced by Prof. Stuart . The great labor of Prof. Stuart , in composing his Introduction and Commentary , cannot be too highly praised . He seems to have waded through all the Greek , Latin , and German literature which ...
... evidence , as adduced by Prof. Stuart . The great labor of Prof. Stuart , in composing his Introduction and Commentary , cannot be too highly praised . He seems to have waded through all the Greek , Latin , and German literature which ...
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... evidence to establish a rational conviction . Though Galileo had for a long time rejected the Copernican system , to use his own words , " as a piece of solemn folly , " yet he afterward atoned for this conduct by the activity with ...
... evidence to establish a rational conviction . Though Galileo had for a long time rejected the Copernican system , to use his own words , " as a piece of solemn folly , " yet he afterward atoned for this conduct by the activity with ...
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... evidences more clearly , and he grasped its commanding positions more firmly than the rest of mankind ; and he caused the world to awake to its importance . Such , precisely , is the nature of the services which Bacon ren- dered to ...
... evidences more clearly , and he grasped its commanding positions more firmly than the rest of mankind ; and he caused the world to awake to its importance . Such , precisely , is the nature of the services which Bacon ren- dered to ...
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Page 135 - Gentiles, knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Page 423 - For scarcely for a righteous man will one die ; yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Page 185 - Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities ; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Page 124 - But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held ; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
Page 383 - God, being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus ; whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood...
Page 135 - I am crucified with Christ : nevertheless, I live ; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me : and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Page 440 - His death and passion: and grant, that the grace of God, which bringeth salvation, may effectually teach and persuade me to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...
Page 34 - For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.
Page 136 - For as many as are of the works of the law, are under the curse : for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Page 521 - Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold : Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken ; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He...