| Thomas Boston - 1812 - 520 pages
...shades of the grave, yet he could not hold him long there. Hence the apostle says, Acts ii. 24. ' God loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.' Christ was imprisoned for our debt, and thrown into the hands of death; but divine justice being satisfied,... | |
| John Owen - 1812 - 486 pages
...not loosed but in his resurrection, Acts ii. 24. «« Whom God," saith he, « hath raised up, loosing the pains of death, because it was not possible that he should be holden of it." Whilst he was held of it, he was under it penally. This therefore could not be his rest, nor any part... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1812 - 622 pages
...whereof we are aU witnesses: therefore being by the right-hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the. promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now gee and hear : Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same .Jesus... | |
| Francis Gastrell - 1812 - 378 pages
...4i. Act! 16. ( jT1 Though he was crucified through weakness, yet he lived by the power of God ; who loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that he should be LolJen of it. (x) As he had pow«r to lay down his life, 1» he had power to take it again (a) Christ... | |
| 1813 - 268 pages
...Pcter brought to view the erucifixion of Christ. and then said, "This Jesus hath God raised up whercof we all are witnesses. Therefore being by the right...the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this which ye now sce and hear," Acts ii. 32, 33. "Shed forth" what? Not a person, but those miraculous gifts which had... | |
| James Fishback - 1813 - 326 pages
...and fore-knowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain; whom God hath raised up; having loosed the pains of death, because...was not possible that he should be holden of it." Peter then goes on with David's prophecies concerning Jesus Christ, his resurrection, &c. He then observes,... | |
| John Grundy - 1813 - 592 pages
...signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know. ii. 24, Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death ; because...it was not possible that he should be holden of it. ii. 32, This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we are all witnesses. ii. 33, Therefore being by the... | |
| Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1813 - 432 pages
...great exordium of their sermons. This argument they oppose to all the sophisms of vain philosophy : " This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are...witnesses : therefore being by the right hand of God exalted .... he hath shed forth this which ye now see and hear," Acts ii. 32, 33. They confound those... | |
| Thomas Cogan - 1813 - 606 pages
...counsel and foreknowledge of God ; have ye taken, and by wicked hands- have crucified and slain. Whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death because it was not possible that he should be held of it." When Paul preached at Athens, " certain philosophersof the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks,encounteredhi... | |
| 1813 - 580 pages
...neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Compared iiilb Acts ii. 24. Whom God hath raised Up, having loosed the pains of death ; because it was not possible that he should be holdenof it. Ver. 25. For David speaketh concern ing him, I foresaw theLorcl always before my face... | |
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