The Scripture Testimony to the Messiah
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ISBN13: 9780217104500
Paperback|9780217104500
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAP. II. ON THE INTERPRETATION OP SCRIPTURE. The Scriptures are much occupied with this subject.?To ascertain their import, not insuperably difficult.?On the style and peculiar pliraseology of the Scriptures.?Admirably adapted for their purpose.?Their testimony often nullified by mistaken notions of their manner of expression.?Source of those notions, and their dangerous influence. Our faith, if it be a belief of The Truth, must be built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Their writings are the testimony of God, the truth, to resist which would prove us to be men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith: and, as we must seek an answer to our present inquiry, from no other than this source of knowledge, so we find, that these Holy Scriptures, given by inspiration of God, 'f professedly make it their Principal object to announce, to describe, and to honour the Saviour. Moses, the prophets, and the authors of the psalms, (denoting by a known Jewish phrase, all the inspired writers of the Old Testament), testified and wrote concerning him. The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. To him give all the prophets witness. The Spirit of Christ in them testified before of the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow. We have, also, the word of prophecy more confirmed by those who had been Ihe eye-witnesses and attendants of the Word; who saw, and bore witness, and declared unto us, that Eternal Life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us; who uttered these great things, not in expressions taught by . human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit; and of whose competency, veracity, and unerring inspiration, we have the fullest proofs. 2 Thess. ii. 13. Eph. ii. 20. 1 Cor. ii. 1. 2 ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217104500 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217104509 |
| Weight | 0.84 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.58 In |
| List Price | $20.49 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 254 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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