Directions for the profitable reading of the holy Scriptures |
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Page 260 - HAT which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have feen with our Eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled of the word of life; (for the life was manifefted, and we have feen it, and bear witnefs, and fliew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifefted unto us.) That which we have feen and heard, declare we unto you...
Page 141 - I am God, and there is none else ; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, " My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure...
Page 236 - ... in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak ? who is offended, and I burn not?
Page 267 - As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you : continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love ; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
Page 169 - And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
Page 84 - Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honour, and power ; for thou haft created all things, and for thy pleafure they are, and were created.
Page 43 - And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a fepulchre.
Page v - Warned the brethren to take heed les,t there was in any of them an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God...
Page 71 - Scriptures with an humble, modest, and teachable disposition ; with a willingness to embrace all truths which are plainly delivered there, how contrary soever to our own opinions and prejudices ; and in matters of difficulty, readily hearken to the judgment of our teachers, and those...
Page 165 - For the law was given by Mofes, but grace and truth came by Jefus Chrift.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Directions for the profitable reading of the holy Scriptures |
| Author | William Lowth |
| Edition | 4 |
| Published | 1735 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 2 Oct 2006 |
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