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... Those multitudes who crowded to their Baptism , were they their own converts ? No ! it 1 Luke vii . 50 ; xxviii . 42 . 2 Mark xvi . 20 . B 3 Matt . x . 20 . was ' the Lord , adding to them daily such External Trials of the Church 17.
... Those multitudes who crowded to their Baptism , were they their own converts ? No ! it 1 Luke vii . 50 ; xxviii . 42 . 2 Mark xvi . 20 . B 3 Matt . x . 20 . was ' the Lord , adding to them daily such External Trials of the Church 17.
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... convert what He meant to be a voluntary grace into an en- forced rule . And surely this points to St. Luke's real meaning : he is describing not an institution but the temper and spirit of these early converts . So completely had they 6 ...
... convert what He meant to be a voluntary grace into an en- forced rule . And surely this points to St. Luke's real meaning : he is describing not an institution but the temper and spirit of these early converts . So completely had they 6 ...
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... converts from among the foreign Jews , only quite lately admitted to the Church , the last who ought to have a voice . And their complaint — that their widows received less than their due from the common offertory fund , —it was mere ...
... converts from among the foreign Jews , only quite lately admitted to the Church , the last who ought to have a voice . And their complaint — that their widows received less than their due from the common offertory fund , —it was mere ...
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... converts , who looked up to Stephen and his colleagues as their leaders . We have seen in Stephen's defence how they struck out into bolder views of the wide - embracing scope of the Gospel , and maintained its entire independence of ...
... converts , who looked up to Stephen and his colleagues as their leaders . We have seen in Stephen's defence how they struck out into bolder views of the wide - embracing scope of the Gospel , and maintained its entire independence of ...
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... converts , and pray for them ; and if the Holy Ghost descends on them too , as on the Jewish converts , then their doubt will be answered . And so it was . They prayed for them ; and laid their hands upon them , and they received the ...
... converts , and pray for them ; and if the Holy Ghost descends on them too , as on the Jewish converts , then their doubt will be answered . And so it was . They prayed for them ; and laid their hands upon them , and they received the ...
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Page 39 - And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
Page 108 - But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the grace of God. And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
Page 118 - And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms concerning me.
Page 107 - Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me...
Page 118 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come; that Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show light unto the people and to the Gentiles.
Page 107 - And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there : save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Page 111 - And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned ? 26 When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest ; for this man is a Roman.
Page 114 - And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.