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Doctrinal Divinity by Gill, John (1697-1771)
Chapter 6 Of The Infinity Of God, His Omnipresence And Eternity. The next attribute of God to be considered is, his “Infinity”; when we say that God is “infinite”, the meaning is, that he is unbounded and unlimited, unmeasurable or immense, unsearchable and not to be comprehended.
Commentary on Acts of the Apostles by McGarvey, John William (1829-1911)
... without regard to their feelings. So the apostles acted. (46) “Then Paul and Barnabas, ... distinction has been discussed in the commentary on Acts i. 8. 48. In the ... , and dared not lay violent hands upon the apostles. But certain “honorable women,” wives of ...
Apostolic Fathers by Lightfoot, John (1602-1675)
Herm.Vis Vision 1 The master, who reared me, had sold me to one Rhoda in Rome. After many years, I met her again, and began to love her as a sister. After a certain time I saw her bathing in the river Tiber; and I gave her my hand, and led her out of the river.
Sermons of John Owen by Owen, John (1616-1683)
Sermon I. The strength of faith. “He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God. — Rom. iv. 20. In this chapter the apostle singleth out a signal example, to make good the conclusion which, by sundry convincing demonstrations, he had proved in the foregoing chapter; namely,…
Soul of Prayer by Forsyth, Peter Taylor (1848-1921)
CHAPTER I The Inwardness of Prayer It is difficult and even formidable thing to write on prayer, and one fears to touch the Ark. Perhaps no one ought to undertake it unless he has spent more toil in the practice of prayer than on its principle.
Christian Ethics. Volume I.—History of Ethics. by Wuttke, Adolf (1819-1870)
SECTION XXVII. The ethics of the Old Testament presents, in its entire essence, a direct contrast to all heathen ethics. Without systematic form and without scientific development, it is yet perfectly self-consistent in its ground, its essence and its end.
Nature and Causes of Apostasy from the Gospel by Owen, John (1616-1683)
Chapter VII. Instance of a peculiar defection from the truth of the gospel; with the reasons of it. Besides the reasons insisted on, which have a general influence into all apostasies from the doctrine or mystery of the gospel, each especial defection in every kind hath reasons and causes peculiarly suited unto its rise and furtherance.
People's New Testament by Johnson, Barton Warren (1833-1894)
... predictions recorded in the Acts of the Apostles. In Acts 2:38, the Holy Spirit fell upon eleven apostles and they spoke as ...
Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ by Owen, John (1616-1683)
in this world and by sight in heaven — the first of them explained. “We walk” here “by faith, and not by sight,” 2 Cor. v. 7; that is, in the life of God, in our walking before him, in the whole of our obedience therein, we are under the conduct and influence of faith, and not of sight.
Body of Practical Divinity by Gill, John (1697-1771)
... are sometimes described by those that “called upon his name” (Acts 9:14; 1 Cor. 1:2) and ...