...reception. The argument urged in the text would have concluded against this with equal and superior force: The son of man came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them. You see then, how properly these words may be used, to introduce a discourse against persecution...

...reception. The argument urged in the text would have concluded against this with equal and superior force : The son of man came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them. You see then, how properly these words may be used, to introduce a discourse against persecution...

...mockery or a sin to make them our copies. Elias is no fit pattern for disciples, but their Master : The Son of Man came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them. Then are our actions and intentions warrantable and praise-worthy, when they accord with...

...reprove their fault, and correct their mistake ? " Ye " know not what manner of spirit ye are of; " the son of man came not to destroy men's " lives, but to save them." Though he came to his own, and his own received him not, he was not angry and exasperated...

...such things ? Are these the fruits of love ? Is it thus we do as we would wish to be done by ? Surely the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them. Thus much for the present. I commend you to the care and blessing of the Lord ; and with...

...imprecation. See 1 Sam. iv. 7, 8. Jer. iv. J3. vi. 4. Lam. v. 16. both in the Sep. and in the KT In fine, as the Son of Man came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them; he came not to curse, but to bless us, by turning away every one of us from his iniquities....

...admittance into their city, what was then the doctrine which he taught ? Ye know not what spirit ye are of ; the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And again, if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not, for I came not to...

...and misery, shall be regarded with horrour, and when it shall no longer be problematical, whether " the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them." Is it a pleasant dream, resulting from an enthusiastick desire for such a season, or is...

...and misery, shall be regarded with horrour, and when it shall no longer be problematical, whether " the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them." Is it a pleasant dream, resulting from an enthusiastick desire for such a season, or is...

...benignant purpose of God, in sending his Son as the Prince of Peace. Thus said the benevolent Messiah — " The Son of man came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them." His doctrines, his precepts, his prohibitions, his examples, and his prayers, were all...