Lectures on the Bible, to the youngWilliam Oliphant, 1848 - 152 páginas |
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... printing multiplies copies , -cheap , accurate , legible copies ; as if by magic . Magic is now a harmless word , but it was not so in those days , when the art of printing first astonished the world . When Faust sold his printed copies ...
... printing multiplies copies , -cheap , accurate , legible copies ; as if by magic . Magic is now a harmless word , but it was not so in those days , when the art of printing first astonished the world . When Faust sold his printed copies ...
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... printed English Bibles were cursed by the priests , and forbidden to be read by the King . One Abbot bought a written Bible in nine tomes , for a sum which , in our day , would amount to L.500 . A copy of Wycliffe's version of the New ...
... printed English Bibles were cursed by the priests , and forbidden to be read by the King . One Abbot bought a written Bible in nine tomes , for a sum which , in our day , would amount to L.500 . A copy of Wycliffe's version of the New ...
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... printed . You may be apt to forget such blessings , and such providential methods of furnishing you with a printed English Bible ; but surely such kindness on the part of God to you , such arrangements on His part in past ages for your ...
... printed . You may be apt to forget such blessings , and such providential methods of furnishing you with a printed English Bible ; but surely such kindness on the part of God to you , such arrangements on His part in past ages for your ...
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... printed in a large form , was very scarce in our land , and was chained to the pulpit , or to a pillar in the church , and multitudes crowded around it , while some one read from the ponderous volume . But now , as every family and ...
... printed in a large form , was very scarce in our land , and was chained to the pulpit , or to a pillar in the church , and multitudes crowded around it , while some one read from the ponderous volume . But now , as every family and ...
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... printing should be an invention pre- ceding your birth , and that you should not be born in a land where no Bible is , or where the study of it is proscribed . I raised up faithful and learned transla- tors , and gave you the Scriptures ...
... printing should be an invention pre- ceding your birth , and that you should not be born in a land where no Bible is , or where the study of it is proscribed . I raised up faithful and learned transla- tors , and gave you the Scriptures ...
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Apocrypha apostles authority beauty Believe the Bible Bible Society blessed cherish Christ Christian church circulation clause command copies darkness death delight divine truth duty earnest earth English Bible Epistles eternal faith Father feel Foolscap 8vo give given glory God's word gospel grace hallowed happiness hath heart heaven hope inspired instruction Isaiah Jehovah Jesus Jews knowledge labour language light live Lord Lord's Lord's Prayer meaning memory Messiah mind miracles Moses mysteries nature never obey Old Testament oracles pagan parents peace peculiar possess practise the Bible pray prayer printed proof prophecy prophet Psalmist Psalms read the Bible remember the Bible Ruthwell saith salvation sanctified Satan Saviour says Scrip Scripture sense sinners Sir William Jones Socrates speak Spirit Syriac Testament thee THOU SHALT tion tongue translated understand the Bible unto Waldenses WILLIAM OLIPHANT written young friends yourselves youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 29 - Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Página 105 - For He established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children : That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born ; Who should arise and declare them to their children : That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments...
Página 29 - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us: and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are...
Página 122 - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Página 86 - Remember thee? Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seat In this distracted globe. Remember thee? Yea, from the table of my memory I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there; And. thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain, Unmix'd with baser matter: yes, by heaven.
Página 107 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.
Página 118 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us !" The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.
Página 59 - The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream : and he that hath my word let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat ? saith the Lord. Is not my word like as a fire ? saith the Lord ; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words, every one from his neighbour.
Página 78 - And I said, This is my infirmity : but I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High. I will remember the works of the LORD : surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
Página 32 - And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with : but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give ; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.