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History of the Origins of Christianity. Book V. The Gospels. by Renan, Joseph Ernest (1823-1892).
Far from diminishing the importance of the Jews at Rome, the war of Judea had in a sense contributed to increase it. Rome was by far the greatest Jewish city in the world: she had inherited all the importance of Jerusalem.
Desire of Ages by White, Ellen Gould (1827-1915)
Chapter 31 The Sermon on the Mount [This chapter is based on Matt. 5; 6; 7.] Christ seldom gathered His disciples alone to receive His words. He did not choose for His audience those only who knew the way of life.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: The Acts by MacLaren, Alexander (1826-1910)
‘Whereupon, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision.’—ACTS xxvi. 19. This is Paul’s account of the decisive moment in his life on which all his own future, and a great deal of the future of Christianity and of the world, hung.
History of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Volume III. by Bangs, Nathan (1778-1862)
CHAPTER 5 The General Conference of 1820 This conference assembled in the city of Baltimore, May 1, 1820, and was composed of the following delegates: — New York Conference: Nathan Bangs, Samuel Draper, Freeborn Garrettson, Samuel Merwin, Daniel Ostrander, Phineas Rice, Marvin Richardson, Peter P.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 22: 1876 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise." Proverbs 11:30. I HAD very great joy last night—many of you know why, but some do not.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 19: 1873 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"You have loved my soul out of the pit of corruption." Isaiah 38:17 (Marginal reading). THE means used for the restoration of Hezekiah's body to health was a lump of figs laid as a plaster upon the boil,…
Complete Works of Thomas Manton, D.D. Vol. III by Manton, Thomas (1620-1677)
; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.—2 Thes. II. 10. WE have described unto you the head of the antichristian state; we come now to the subjects, especially the zealous abettors and promoters of this kingdom.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 25: 1879 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"The Lord your God will raise up unto you a Prophet from the midst of you, of your brethren, like unto me; unto Him you shall hearken; according to all that you desired of the Lord your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any more,…
Twenty-one Sermons, on a Variety of Interesting Subjects, Sentimental and Practical by Hopkins, Samuel (1721-1803)
SERMON XXI. The Author’s Farewell to the World. Psalm lxxvi. 10. Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. THESE words have been explained in the preceding discourse, and it appears that they contain the following important truth: That God, in his infinite wisdom and goodness, has determined that there should be just so much evil,…
Doctrinal Divinity by Gill, John (1697-1771)
Chapter 11 Of the Final State of the Saints in Heaven. There is a state of happiness, which the spirits, or souls, of just men enter into immediately after the separation of them from the body; of which we have treated in a preceding chapter.