| John Scott - 1833 - 432 pages
...of the ceremonies of the Jews might well be applied to those of the church of Rome, that they were ' a yoke which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear: ' that it was not by means of ceremonies, but by the promulgation of the word of God, after the example... | |
| Robert Meek - 1834 - 436 pages
...the British sovereigns of those days, who, in bowing their necks to Rome, imposed on their subjects a yoke which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear. The history of our country, from that period up to the time of the Reformation, exhibits many and frequent... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1845 - 640 pages
...Peter bore witness before the first Council of Jerusalem that the bondage of Jewish ordinances was a yoke " which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear." When the Son of God came, the souls that he made free were " free indeed," but their bodies were often... | |
| Adam Clarke - 1836 - 1062 pages
...they could not live; Ezek. xx. 25; and the whole of their ecclesiastical economy, which was a burden times shivered into a multitu Schoettgen contends that the word Trovijpoc, which we translate evil, should be translated laborious... | |
| Nathaniel Emmons Johnson - 1836 - 222 pages
...to the apostles; and they decided that this yoke was not to be put upon the Gentiles, because it was a yoke which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear. This passage of course decides the case of the Gentiles. Circumcision is certainly abolished, so far... | |
| Matthew (st) - 1837 - 686 pages
...were of a very antient date. It was undoubtedly upon their account, that St. Peter said ', The law was a yoke, which neither they, nor their fathers, were able to bear. 2. In judging also of the things and persons devoted to God, and to appoint the price of their redemption.... | |
| William Cutter Hanscom - 1838 - 226 pages
...religion were held in high estimation. In the language of the Apostle, the religion of the Jews imposed a yoke which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear. It was a ceremonial religion — a religion which principally consisted in the observance of certain... | |
| 1839 - 592 pages
...the British sovereigns in those days, who, in bowing their necks to Rome, imposed on their subjects a yoke, which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear. The history of our country, from that period up to the time of the Reformation, exhibits many and frequent... | |
| Mary Bowley - 1842 - 538 pages
...to be pursued, was needed to induce many to attempt the emancipation of themselves and others from " a yoke which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear." Some efforts had been made in previous ages to assert their rights, and secure the advantages of christian... | |
| George Hill - 1842 - 812 pages
...often remind Christians, that they are delivered from the ceremonies of the law, which are styled by Peter " a yoke which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear."J The whole tenor of our Lord's discourse, and of the writings of his apostles, elevates the... | |
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