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... Jefus Chrift , that is with the most affecti- onate tenderness and Christian charity . But could any words in any language reprefent that love and goodnefs with fuch energy and power as thefe , which affect both foul and body , and ...
... Jefus Chrift , that is with the most affecti- onate tenderness and Christian charity . But could any words in any language reprefent that love and goodnefs with fuch energy and power as thefe , which affect both foul and body , and ...
Page 38
... Jefus , by form- St. John Ep . 3. ver . 4 . 7 Thucid . 4. 280. 1. ult . 8 Hom . ' IA . B. 148 . ing a noble comparative from a fuperla- tive ; ἐμοὶ ing 38 The SACRED CLASSICS Greck; and fupports it with a reafon be- ...
... Jefus , by form- St. John Ep . 3. ver . 4 . 7 Thucid . 4. 280. 1. ult . 8 Hom . ' IA . B. 148 . ing a noble comparative from a fuperla- tive ; ἐμοὶ ing 38 The SACRED CLASSICS Greck; and fupports it with a reafon be- ...
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... Jefus Chrift . Our tranflators improperly retain'd the tranfpofition , which will not be endu- red in English , but fuch conftruction is allowable in Greek , and us'd by the noblest authors . That of Demofthenes is entangled Her . Gr ...
... Jefus Chrift . Our tranflators improperly retain'd the tranfpofition , which will not be endu- red in English , but fuch conftruction is allowable in Greek , and us'd by the noblest authors . That of Demofthenes is entangled Her . Gr ...
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... Jefus was baptized , as foon as he came up out of the water : the heavens were opened , & c . To fay our Saviour imme- diately came out of the water after he was baptiz'd , feems to be a low circum- ftance of small importance or use ...
... Jefus was baptized , as foon as he came up out of the water : the heavens were opened , & c . To fay our Saviour imme- diately came out of the water after he was baptiz'd , feems to be a low circum- ftance of small importance or use ...
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... Jefus made and bap- tiz'd more difciples than John " . The noble orator of Athens speaks in the fame manner of himself : No body here makes any mention of Demofthenes , no one charges me with any • John iv . I. crime . Plato , in one of ...
... Jefus made and bap- tiz'd more difciples than John " . The noble orator of Athens speaks in the fame manner of himself : No body here makes any mention of Demofthenes , no one charges me with any • John iv . I. crime . Plato , in one of ...
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