 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Philosophy - 1754 - 424 pages
...fhould be fo ? It could not be otherwife. Two of the .evangelifts recorded, as witneffes, what they faw and heard in this extraordinary conjuncture: and two...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... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1793 - 664 pages
...fhould be fo ? It could not be otherwife. Two of the evangelifts recorded, as witnefTes, what they faw and heard in this extraordinary conjuncture, and two...books that would have been written, but as much as was neceflary and even a little more than was ftrictly fo, to account for the eftablifhment of the fpiritual... | |
 | 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
...Nay the utmost human endeavors have been, and must be always, employed in vain to reduce the entire plan of divine wisdom in the mission of Christ, and...establishment of the spiritual kingdom of Christ, as it is called improperly enough, and to explain the laws of it, and the conditions of admission into it.... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1841 - 548 pages
...Nay the utmost human endeavors have been, and must be always, employed in vain to reduce the entire plan of divine wisdom in the mission of Christ, and...establishment of the spiritual kingdom of Christ, as it is called improperly enough, and to explain the laws of it, and the conditions of admission into it.... | |
 | 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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... many ambiguous expressions, and many dark sayings, in the gospel, that there are many doctrines, which reason would never have taught, nor is able to comprehend now they are taught, cannot be denied. Nay the utmost human endeavors have been, and must... 
