The Complete Works of the Late Rev. Philip Skelton, Rector of Fintona: Discourses controversial and practicalR. Baynes, 1824 |
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... least , a man of common sense ( and his enemies allow him to have had a very extraordinary understanding ) , how can we account for his putting the divinity of his person , the credit of his mis- sion , and the success of his religion ...
... least , a man of common sense ( and his enemies allow him to have had a very extraordinary understanding ) , how can we account for his putting the divinity of his person , the credit of his mis- sion , and the success of his religion ...
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... least assistance of art . Or , if we will suppose all this the effect of superior art ; yet we cannot do so , without allowing him superior understanding . And could such a man deliberately set himself in such a course of life as must ...
... least assistance of art . Or , if we will suppose all this the effect of superior art ; yet we cannot do so , without allowing him superior understanding . And could such a man deliberately set himself in such a course of life as must ...
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... least inconveniency or loss for the best cause in the world . Had Christ appeared to these men , either they would have continued in their unbelief , which would have greatly hurt the cause of Christianity , because it would have fur ...
... least inconveniency or loss for the best cause in the world . Had Christ appeared to these men , either they would have continued in their unbelief , which would have greatly hurt the cause of Christianity , because it would have fur ...
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... least shadow or mark of a divine original , it follows , that God never made any revelation to mankind ; that is , that although he made it impossible for mankind to subsist without religion , or to be happy without the true religion ...
... least shadow or mark of a divine original , it follows , that God never made any revelation to mankind ; that is , that although he made it impossible for mankind to subsist without religion , or to be happy without the true religion ...
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... least , one so little subject to scruples would not , after he had done the thing , have suf- fered so violent a remorse . But what puts this matter out of all dispute , and fully demonstrates , that , had Christ been an impostor as to ...
... least , one so little subject to scruples would not , after he had done the thing , have suf- fered so violent a remorse . But what puts this matter out of all dispute , and fully demonstrates , that , had Christ been an impostor as to ...
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Page 120 - But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
Page 6 - How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost, and with power ; who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil ; for God was with him.
Page 474 - The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Page 114 - Lord of lords ; who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto ; whom no man hath seen, nor can see : to whom be honour and power everlasting.
Page 483 - The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Page 372 - Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Page 66 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above; or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them.
Page 261 - Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
Page 120 - Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
Page 211 - They did promise and vow three things in my name. First, that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh.