The Works of William Paley, D.D.: And An Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, by the Rev. Edmund Paley, Volume 4Longman and Company, 1838 - Clergy |
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... authority whatever to deny the possibility of this . On the contrary , we ought to rejoice , when we observe in any one even the appearance of such a change . And this change may not only by possibility be sudden , but sudden changes ...
... authority whatever to deny the possibility of this . On the contrary , we ought to rejoice , when we observe in any one even the appearance of such a change . And this change may not only by possibility be sudden , but sudden changes ...
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... authority ; wishing , also , and willing , to act up to it , but , in fact , doing no such thing ; feeling in practice a lamentable inability of doing his duty , yet perceiving that it must be done . All he has hitherto attained is a ...
... authority ; wishing , also , and willing , to act up to it , but , in fact , doing no such thing ; feeling in practice a lamentable inability of doing his duty , yet perceiving that it must be done . All he has hitherto attained is a ...
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... authority , nay , since he had occasionally likewise endeavoured to bring himself to an obedience to this law , however unsuccessful his endeavours had been ; above all , since he had sincerely deplored and bewailed his fallings off ...
... authority , nay , since he had occasionally likewise endeavoured to bring himself to an obedience to this law , however unsuccessful his endeavours had been ; above all , since he had sincerely deplored and bewailed his fallings off ...
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... authority . To communicate this so much wanted assistance was one end and effect of Christ's coming . So it is intimated by Saint Paul , " what the law could not do , in that it was weak through the flesh , God did : " —that is , God ...
... authority . To communicate this so much wanted assistance was one end and effect of Christ's coming . So it is intimated by Saint Paul , " what the law could not do , in that it was weak through the flesh , God did : " —that is , God ...
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... authority in Scripture , which it would carry us too widely from our subject to state at present , for persevering in prayer , even when long unsuccessful . Per- severance in unsuccessful prayer is one of the doctrines and of the ...
... authority in Scripture , which it would carry us too widely from our subject to state at present , for persevering in prayer , even when long unsuccessful . Per- severance in unsuccessful prayer is one of the doctrines and of the ...
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Page 72 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Page 493 - 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 493 - 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. 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...
Page 306 - Cephas, then of the twelve; after that he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
Page 70 - But now I have' written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Page 471 - Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 491 - ... and that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby; and came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
Page 509 - Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things, which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eye-witnesses and ministers of the word...
Page 399 - As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. Behold, all souls are Mine: as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine : the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Page 479 - And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging : to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.