| John Clarke Crosthwaite - 1840 - 568 pages
...Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father1. " This," saith our blessed Redeemer, " this is life eternal, that they may know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent 2 ." Such are undoubtedly the views contained in Holy Scripture.... | |
| Daniel Whitby - 1841 - 120 pages
...evident from those places in which they are put in opposition ; as in these words (John xvii. 3) : " This is life eternal, that they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." And (1 Thess. i. 9, 10), " Ye have turned from idols to... | |
| Harriet Livermore - 1843 - 310 pages
...Now let us turn over two leaves, and read our Blessed Saviour's exposition of Eternal Life : — " And this is Life Eternal, that they may know Thee, the only true GOD, and JESUS Christ whom thou hast sent."* The great Apostle to the Gentiles, while he lived in the... | |
| George Berkeley - 1843 - 470 pages
...ANNIVERSARY MEETING IN THE PARISU CUDRCR OF ST. MAHV-Ii: Iimv, ON FRIDAY, FEB. 18, 1731. JOHN xvii. 3. This is life eternal, that they may know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. THAT human kind were not designed merely to sojourn a few... | |
| Frederick Denison Maurice - 1843 - 654 pages
...sound stronger and fiercer than that which is common in our day, but it is grounded upon the words, ' This is life eternal, that they may know Thee the only true God.' The bottomless pit which the fathers really dreaded was that of Atheism, the state of the human... | |
| Thomas Jackson - 1844 - 534 pages
...only, and imports neither any true cause nor the event ; as in that of our Saviour, John xvii. 3 : This is life eternal, that they may know thee the only true God. The resolution of which words, without any wrong either to their full importance in logical construction,... | |
| 1872 - 722 pages
...is preparatory to, or a necessary provision of, eternal life, but the real, actual thing itself. " This is life eternal, that they may know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent" (John xvii. 3). The knowledge of God and Jesus Christ does... | |
| 1844 - 586 pages
...of rejoicing ? A practical Christian can best answer the question in the prayer of Jesus, " Father! this is life eternal, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou has sent." Life-giving knowledge, the knowledge which cheers and hallows... | |
| John Bowdler - 1845 - 302 pages
...necessary to enter very largely upon a topic which is enforced by the explicit testimony of Holy Writ. ' This is life eternal, that they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.' O, righteous Father, the world hath not known thee ; but... | |
| 1847 - 678 pages
...necessary to enter very largely upon a topic which is enforced by the explicit testimony of Holy Writ. " This is life eternal, that they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." " O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee ;... | |
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