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Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 47: 1901 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"The Son of Man hats come to seek and to save that which was lost." Luke 19:10. OUR Lord's mission upon earth was a very gracious one. It had a narrow side to it, for He came only as a Minister— not as a Savior, mark you, but as Minister—to "the lost sheep of the house of Israel." He was,…
Complete Works of Thomas Manton, D.D. Vol. III by Manton, Thomas (1620-1677)
ower, and signs, and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.—2 Thes.
ANF09. The Gospel of Peter, The Diatessaron of Tatian, The Apocalypse of Peter, the Vision of Paul, The Apocalypse of the Virgin and Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena, The Narrative of Zosimus, The Apology of Aristid by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Apology of Aristides the Philosopher by aristides
———————————— Aristedes. Here follows the defence which Aristides the philosopher made before Hadrian the King on behalf of reverence for God.
Expositor's Bible: The Epistles of St. John by Alexander, William (1824-1911)
"He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend."—Prov. xxii. 11 ὁ θεμελιος.... ὁ δευτερος σαπφειρος.—Apoc.
History of the Origins of Christianity. Book VII. Marcus-Aurelius. by Renan, Joseph Ernest (1823-1892).
The philosophy, which had so thoroughly conquered the mind of Marcus-Aurelius, was hostile to Christianity. Fronton, his tutor, seems to have been full of prejudice against the Christians; and we know that Marcus-Aurelius guarded like a religion the recollections of his youth, and the impression made by his teachers.
Sermons on Faith and Doctrine by the Late Benjamin Jowett, M.A., Master of Balliol College by Jowett, Benjamin (1817-1893)
THE PERMANENT ELEMENTS OF RELIGION Preached in 1879. . IF THEY HEAR NOT MOSES AND THE PROPHETS, NEITHER WILL THEY BE PERSUADED THOUGH ONE ROSE FROM THE DEAD. LUKE xvi.
Reformed Pastor by Baxter, Richard (1615-1691)
Reverend and dear brethren, our business here this day is to humble our souls before the Lord for our past negligence, and to implore God’s assistance in our work for the time to come.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)
The communication of ideas requires a similitude of thought and language: the discourse of a philosopher would vibrate without effect on the ear of a peasant; yet how minute is the distance of their understandings, if it be compared with the contact of an infinite and a finite mind, with the word of God expressed by the tongue or the pen of a mortal! The inspiration of the Hebrew prophets,…
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)
The people of Mecca were hardened in their unbelief by superstition and envy. The elders of the city, the uncles of the prophet,…
History of Dogma - Volume I by Harnack, Adolf (1851-1930)
CHAPTER V MARCION’S ATTEMPT TO SET ASIDE THE OLD TESTAMENT FOUNDATION OF CHRISTIANITY, TO PURIFY TRADITION, AND TO REFORM CHRISTENDOM ON THE BASIS OF THE PAULINE GOSPEL.