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... mind of the only two among the twelve who wrote down what happened . Still we must suppose that the expression ... minds of his disciples to be prepared for it 12 SERMON ON.
... mind of the only two among the twelve who wrote down what happened . Still we must suppose that the expression ... minds of his disciples to be prepared for it 12 SERMON ON.
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... mind of Jesus , you will see that many opin- ions may be entertained of his intention , all con- sistent with the opinion that he did not design a perpetual ordinance . He may have foreseen that his disciples would meet to remember him ...
... mind of Jesus , you will see that many opin- ions may be entertained of his intention , all con- sistent with the opinion that he did not design a perpetual ordinance . He may have foreseen that his disciples would meet to remember him ...
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... mind of one who read only the passages under consideration in the New Testament . But this impression is removed by reading any narrative of the mode in which the an- cient or the modern Jews have kept the Passover . It is then ...
... mind of one who read only the passages under consideration in the New Testament . But this impression is removed by reading any narrative of the mode in which the an- cient or the modern Jews have kept the Passover . It is then ...
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... mind had not escaped the prevalent error of the primitive church , the belief , namely , that the second coming of Christ would shortly occur , until ́ which time , he tells them , this feast was to be kept . Elsewhere he tells them ...
... mind had not escaped the prevalent error of the primitive church , the belief , namely , that the second coming of Christ would shortly occur , until ́ which time , he tells them , this feast was to be kept . Elsewhere he tells them ...
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... mind , whilst yet the prayers are addressed to God . I fear it is the effect of this ordinance to clothe Jesus with an authority which he never claimed and which distracts the mind of the wor- shipper . I know our opinions differ much ...
... mind , whilst yet the prayers are addressed to God . I fear it is the effect of this ordinance to clothe Jesus with an authority which he never claimed and which distracts the mind of the wor- shipper . I know our opinions differ much ...
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Page 75 - And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
Page 43 - London; nay, all Europe is not able to afford to make so great fires as New England.
Page 303 - The mortal moon hath her eclipse endured And the sad augurs mock their own presage; Incertainties now crown themselves assured And peace proclaims olives of endless age. Now with the drops of this most balmy time My love looks fresh, and death to me subscribes, Since, spite of him, I'll live in this poor rhyme, While he insults o'er dull and speechless tribes: And thou in this shalt find thy monument, When tyrants' crests and tombs of brass are spent.
Page 309 - He was a man without vices. He had a strong sense of duty which it was very easy for him to obey. Then he had what farmers call a long head ; was excellent in working out the sum for himself, in arguing his case and convincing you fairly and firmly. Then it turned out that he was a great worker, and, prodigious faculty of performance, worked easily.
Page 52 - I shall be excused for confessing that I have set a value upon any symptom of meanness and private pique which I have met with in these antique books, as proof that justice was done; that if the results of our history are approved as wise and good, it was yet a free strife; if the good counsel prevailed, the sneaking counsel did not fail to be suggested; freedom and virtue, if they triumphed, triumphed in a fair field. And so be it an everlasting testimony for them, and so much ground of assurance...
Page 16 - And when the Jews on that occasion complained that they did not comprehend what he meant, he added for their better understanding, and as if for our understanding, that we might not think his body was to be actually eaten, that he only meant we should live by his commandment. He closed his discourse with these explanatory expressions: "The flesh profiteth nothing; the words that I speak to you, they are spirit and they are life.
Page 189 - And so it is not a great matter how long men refuse to believe the advent of peace : war is on its last legs ; and a universal peace is as sure as is the prevalence of civilization over barbarism, of liberal governments over feudal forms. The question for us is only How soon...
Page 60 - ... and It is further ordered, That where any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families or householders, they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the university...
Page 173 - There remains the very elevated consideration which the subject opens, but which belongs to more abstract views than we are now taking, this namely, that the civility of no race can be perfect whilst another race is degraded. It is a doctrine alike of the oldest and of the newest philosophy, that man is one, and that you cannot injure any member, without a sympathetic injury to all the members.
Page 139 - to consider what step they should take for the relief and liberation of the negro slaves in the West Indies, and for the discouragement of the slave-trade on the coast of Africa.