...preached by the inspired authors of the New Testament — much less could they ever have been uttered by the lips of Him, who spake as never man spake, and who, instead of teaching the abhorrent doctrine of man's being arbitrarily decreed to salvation or damnation,...

...the Gospel. To adduce but one proof among many, let any person read the Beatitudes which proceeded from the lips of Him who " spake as never man spake," and decide if almost every one of them must not be considered as grovelling and meanspirited by a cordial...

...REMARKABLY potent and gracious were these words, as they fell, in accents of soft and transcendent majesty, from the lips of Him who " spake as never man spake," and who is LORD OF ALL ; while their effect, in reference to the case of the poor woman, to whom they were...

...shunned : for an avenging Nemesis was appointed to take account of, and severely to punish, even these'". That this vengeance of the gods, the wicked man could...sight and their comprehension, but descended upon "> AIO'T. KOT4>12N xa) HTHNfiN AOFGN |3afuraT>j ra(7I yap BTlWojToj TOIJ itip] TOi TOICttJTCt STa^fl>J...

...the very depths of the earth, it would still pursue and search him out, either here or hereafter ". Such maxims are certainly admirable, and inferior...sight and their comprehension, but descended upon Ao'r. KOT4>IiN x«) IlTHNflN AOFGN ' wacn yfy enltrxoirof roif irefi roL TOtaura lfa.y^i\ Ai'xij; N«jw.«<rif...

...Christ himself. Even then a short-sighted generation could listen to the gracious eloquence that fell from the lips of Him " who spake as never man spake," and watch the works of wonder that were done by his hand, and yet discern not the attributes, or even the...

...better. It is unreasonable to expect from them principles which are to be found in the Gospel alone, and which came from the lips of Him, who spake as never man spake. While, therefore, we would not insist, that the higher Institutions should lay aside the Classics,...

...species of error. Would we, on the contrary, promote the spread of truth, pure and undefiled, as it fell from the lips of Him who spake as never man spake and led such a life as no man ever yet led, we must attend to physical, social, and moral education. The...

...better. It is unreasonable to expect from them principles which are to be found in the gospel alone, and which came from the lips of Him who spake as never man spake. While, therefore, we would not insist that the higher institutions should lay aside the classics,...

...other. By their fruits ye shall know them, — is a sentiment that comes to us from high authority, even from the lips of Him who spake as never man spake; and by it we would test the character and merits of the different systems of punishment we are considering....