A Series of Letters Addressed to Rev. Hosea Ballou, of Boston: Being a Vindication of the Doctrine of a Future Retribution Against the Principal Arguments Used by Him, Mr. Balfour, and OthersD. Watson, 1827 - 307 pages |
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... word spirit means the immortal soul . But you cannot be ignorant that the term spirit , has various significations in scripture . Sometimes it means the disposition , and sometimes wind , air , or breath . In the latter sense it is used ...
... word spirit means the immortal soul . But you cannot be ignorant that the term spirit , has various significations in scripture . Sometimes it means the disposition , and sometimes wind , air , or breath . In the latter sense it is used ...
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... term soul , expletively , that is , to have no significa- tion , and used only to fill up the sentence ; and then the term soul is explained to signify animal life , in direct opposition to his first interpretation . At one time , de ...
... term soul , expletively , that is , to have no significa- tion , and used only to fill up the sentence ; and then the term soul is explained to signify animal life , in direct opposition to his first interpretation . At one time , de ...
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... term soul . Matthew says , " Fear not them which kill the body , but are not able to kill the soul ; but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell . " Now let us look at Luke's language . " I say unto you , be ...
... term soul . Matthew says , " Fear not them which kill the body , but are not able to kill the soul ; but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell . " Now let us look at Luke's language . " I say unto you , be ...
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... term soul . Thus we see that the language of Luke cannot be understood without involving an absurdity , unless we admit that he recognizes the distinction between soul and body , which is expressed by Matthew . By the single term body ...
... term soul . Thus we see that the language of Luke cannot be understood without involving an absurdity , unless we admit that he recognizes the distinction between soul and body , which is expressed by Matthew . By the single term body ...
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... word soul in Matthew means the immortal part of man . Their language is a little different , but the same idea is taught by both the evangelists . All that Mr. B. has said about the term soul's being used expletively , and about the ...
... word soul in Matthew means the immortal part of man . Their language is a little different , but the same idea is taught by both the evangelists . All that Mr. B. has said about the term soul's being used expletively , and about the ...
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Page 206 - Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the Prophets ; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham : but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead.
Page 218 - Ye are they which justify yourselves before men ; but God knoweth your hearts : for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Page 31 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Page 226 - For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit : by which also He went and preached unto the spirits in prison ; which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
Page 229 - When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things...
Page 99 - When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me, Until I went into the sanctuary of God ; then understood I their end.
Page 141 - And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell : for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
Page 85 - Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind, (for he that hath suffered in the flesh, hath ceased from sin,) that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
Page 236 - He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Page 152 - For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment...