An account of the life and writings of Dr. Jortin [by Rogers Jortin]. Discourses concerning the truth of the Christian religion. Remarks on ecclesiastical history, v. 1J. White, 1805 |
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... Messias , should persecute and kill him when he appeared amongst them , and so well confirmed his right to the character which he assumed . When we consider further how the apostles afterwards confirmed the truth of his resurrection ...
... Messias , should persecute and kill him when he appeared amongst them , and so well confirmed his right to the character which he assumed . When we consider further how the apostles afterwards confirmed the truth of his resurrection ...
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... Messias . It is therefore the most modest , rational , and safe way for me , who have not their leisure , learning , and abilities , to submit and trust to their de . cisions . Here is a prejudice founded upon the doctrine that pri ...
... Messias . It is therefore the most modest , rational , and safe way for me , who have not their leisure , learning , and abilities , to submit and trust to their de . cisions . Here is a prejudice founded upon the doctrine that pri ...
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... Messias should be a great king , under whom they should rule over the Gentiles , and live in wealth and pleasure . When therefore they found that Christ was poor and despised , and died an ignominious death , and that his kingdom , as ...
... Messias should be a great king , under whom they should rule over the Gentiles , and live in wealth and pleasure . When therefore they found that Christ was poor and despised , and died an ignominious death , and that his kingdom , as ...
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... Messias , when he appeared , should sur- pass Moses , and Joshua , and David , and the Maccabees , and other of their victorious kings and leaders , as much in splendour and felicity as in dignity and authority . 3. To confirm them in ...
... Messias , when he appeared , should sur- pass Moses , and Joshua , and David , and the Maccabees , and other of their victorious kings and leaders , as much in splendour and felicity as in dignity and authority . 3. To confirm them in ...
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... Messias appeared to them unfulfilled , they ought not upon that account to have rejected Christ : they should have rested satisfied with the various proofs which he gave them of his divine power , and have concluded , either that they ...
... Messias appeared to them unfulfilled , they ought not upon that account to have rejected Christ : they should have rested satisfied with the various proofs which he gave them of his divine power , and have concluded , either that they ...
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Page 281 - I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put My words in His mouth ; and He shall speak unto them all that I shall command Him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto My words which He, shall speak in My name, I will require it of him.
Page 271 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Page 89 - Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
Page 64 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence.
Page 228 - Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in. the prophets : Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish : for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
Page 76 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice
Page 75 - It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Page 283 - If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
Page 75 - From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the Gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering ; for my name shall be great among the Heathen, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Page 276 - And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, "Ye know nothing at all, nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.