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... parallels addressed to the eye - their history , and their chief historical personages , were typical . And well did they profit by their training ; -for there is scarce any natural process of which they have not given the spiritual ...
... parallels addressed to the eye - their history , and their chief historical personages , were typical . And well did they profit by their training ; -for there is scarce any natural process of which they have not given the spiritual ...
Page 70
... parallel , I venture to say , will not be found in the entire compass of classic poetry , where it is said of Christ that , looking upon the tempestuous sea on rising x from sleep , " He rebuked the winds and the sea , and there was a ...
... parallel , I venture to say , will not be found in the entire compass of classic poetry , where it is said of Christ that , looking upon the tempestuous sea on rising x from sleep , " He rebuked the winds and the sea , and there was a ...
Page 83
... parallels they are instructive , shedding broad revolving lights on providence , when it is seen repeating itself , yet still progressive ; but they do not rise into the region of that class of facts , which alone were worthy to be ...
... parallels they are instructive , shedding broad revolving lights on providence , when it is seen repeating itself , yet still progressive ; but they do not rise into the region of that class of facts , which alone were worthy to be ...
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... parallel , than where there is no such relation . The great Hebrew prophet has himself seized upon and expressed the root - idea in the typical relation in which he stood to Christ . For if the reader carefully examines his words ( Deut ...
... parallel , than where there is no such relation . The great Hebrew prophet has himself seized upon and expressed the root - idea in the typical relation in which he stood to Christ . For if the reader carefully examines his words ( Deut ...
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... parallels in other writings ; for the masters of literature have in all ages striven to shew their powers of pathos . But in the Scriptures there are instances of a pathos which can be found in no other book ; because in no other book ...
... parallels in other writings ; for the masters of literature have in all ages striven to shew their powers of pathos . But in the Scriptures there are instances of a pathos which can be found in no other book ; because in no other book ...
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