 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Philosophy - 1754 - 424 pages
...ftrange that it fhould be fo ? It could not be otherwife. Two of the .evangelifts recorded, as witneffes, what they faw and heard in this extraordinary conjuncture:...whole indeed; for then " the world could not have con*' tained the books that would have been written ;" but as much as was necefTary, and even a little... | |
 | William Jay - Meditations - 1829 - 592 pages
...commands. The Sacred Writers prophesy but in part. Had every thing been revealed in the Scripture, the world could not have contained the books that would have been written : and our attention would have been so divided and diffused, that the one thing needful would have... | |
 | William Jay - Calendars - 1832 - 704 pages
...the brevity of the Evangelists. Had every thing pertaining to the history of our Lord been recorded, the world could not have contained the books that would have been written. But when it is necessary to comprise much in a little, a writer if wise, will introduce nothing that is... | |
 | William Jay - Calendars - 1833 - 722 pages
...the brevity of the Evangelists. Had every thing pertaining to the history of our Lord been recorded, the world could not have contained the books that would have been written. But when it is necessary to comprise much in a little, a writer if wise, will introduce nothing that is... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1841 - 552 pages
...should be so? It could not be otherwise. Two of the evangelists recorded, as witnesses, what they saw and heard in this extraordinary conjuncture, and two...books that would have been written, but as much as was necessary, and even a little more than was strictly so, to account for the establishment of the spiritual... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1841 - 548 pages
...should be so? It could not be otherwise. Two of the evangelists recorded, as witnesses, what they saw and heard in this extraordinary conjuncture, and two...books that would have been written, but as much as was necessary, and even a little more than was strictly so, to account for the establishment of the spiritual... | |
 | William Jay - Devotional calendars - 1856 - 688 pages
...commands. The sacred writers prophesy but in part. Had every thing been made known in the Scripture, the world could not have contained the books that would have been written; and our attention would have been so divided and diffused, that the one thing needful would have been... | |
 | George Wood - Future life - 1858 - 378 pages
...examples ; which, had they too been written down with all the words and acts of our God and Saviour, the world could not have contained the books that would have been written. Leaving his studio, Tibertius next led them to another, hid from sight by the shrubbery of the garden.... | |
 | George Wood - 1870 - 370 pages
...examples ; which, had they too been written down with all the words and acts of our God and Saviour, the world could not have contained the books that would have been written. Leaving his studio, Tibertius next led them to another, hid from sight by the shrubbery of the garden.... | |
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... vain to reduce the entire plan of divine wisdom in the mission of Christ, and the redemption of man, to a coherent, intelligible, and reasonable system of doctrines and facts. Is it strange that it should be so? It could not be otherwise. Two of the... 