| Thomas Robinson - 1792 - 514 pages
...impetuofity, as inconfiflent with thef nature of his religion and the benevolent objedl of his miflion. " The Son of man is not come to deftroy men's lives, but to fave them." And (hall his followers be furious and vindictive, or purfue their adverfdries with bitter execrations... | |
| Joseph Milner - 1794 - 612 pages
...mercy and grace of God we all judged fhould be denied to none. For if the Lord fays in his gofpel, the Son of Man is not come to deftroy men's lives, but to fave them, howought we to do our utmoft, as far as in us lies, that no foul be loft! Spiritual circumcifion fhould... | |
| Richard Graves - 1798 - 382 pages
...He turned and rebuked them, and «' faidi, ye know not what manner of fpirit ye are of; *' for the Son of Man is not come to deftroy men's " lives, but to fave them." But it is not merely in forbidding and reprobating every fpecies, and every pretext of perfecution... | |
| Joseph Priestley - 1799 - 504 pages
...and rebuked them; faying, (Luke ix. 55) " Ye know not what manner of fpirit ye are of. For the fon of man is not come to deftroy men's lives, but to fave them." And when he foretold, in his parable of the tares and the wheat, that corruptions would be introduced... | |
| Bryce Johnston, John Johnstone - 1807 - 540 pages
...avevfion to Jerufalem, faying unto them, " Ye know not what man«' ner of fpirit ye are of; for the Son of man is " not come to deftroy men's lives, but to fave " them." — Let us now return to the narrative. When the imperial government was overthrown, Rome ceafed for... | |
| Georg Joachim Zollikofer - 1807 - 682 pages
...them for their violence, faying to them, " Ye know n<4t what manner of fpirit ye are of. For the fon of man is not come to deftroy men's lives, but to fave them." Do the difciples mew fo much indifference and infenfibility at the very time when his whole foul was... | |
| Bryce Johnston, John Johnstone - 1807 - 468 pages
...mafter, nor become members of their church; " Ye know not what manner of fpirit ye are of, " for the fon of man is not come to deftroy men's " lives, but to fave them :" to fee thofe who call themfelves the fubjects of that prince of peace, who hath declared to his... | |
| Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1807 - 530 pages
...we " command fire to come down from heaven, and " confume them, even as Elias did ? But he " rebuked them, and faid, The Son of Man is " not come to deftroy mens' lives, but to fave " them *-{••" It gives me real concern, that even the hot fire of perfecution... | |
| Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1807 - 528 pages
...we " command fire to come down from heaven, and " confume them, even as Elias did ? But he " rebuked them, and faid, The Son of Man is '•' not come to deftroy mens' lives, but to fave '• them*f." It gives me real concern, that even the hot fire of perfecution... | |
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