| John Scott - Reformation - 1833 - 432 pages
...of the ceremonies of the Jews might well be applied to those of the church of Rome, that they were ' a yoke which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear: ' that it was not by means of ceremonies, but by the promulgation of the word of God, after the example... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1845 - 640 pages
...St. Peter bore witness before the first Council of Jerusalem that the bondage of Jewish ordinances was a yoke " which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear." When the Son of God came, the souls that he made free were " free indeed," but their bodies were often... | |
| Robert Meek - 1834 - 436 pages
...the British sovereigns of those days, who, in bowing their necks to Rome, imposed on their subjects a yoke which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear. The history of our country, from that period up to the time of the Reformation, exhibits many and frequent... | |
| John Johnston - 1834 - 582 pages
...although we should have lamented that pffversity which led the Jewish converts to retain si much of the yoke which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear, and to seek to graft the cumbrous ritual of Moses on the simple institute of -Christ, much angry and unmeaning... | |
| Nathaniel Emmons Johnson - Consecration - 1836 - 222 pages
...referred to the apostles; and they decided that this yoke was not to be put upon the Gentiles, because it was a yoke which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear. This passage of course decides the case of the Gentiles. Circumcision is certainly abolished, so far... | |
| Matthew (st) - 1837 - 686 pages
...were of a very antient date. It was undoubtedly upon their account, that St. Peter said ', The law was a yoke, which neither they, nor their fathers, were able to bear. 2. In judging also of the things and persons devoted to God, and to appoint the price of their redemption.... | |
| William Cutter Hanscom - Sermons, American - 1838 - 226 pages
...religion were held in high estimation. In the language of the Apostle, the religion of the Jews imposed a yoke which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear. It was a ceremonial religion — a religion which principally consisted in the observance of certain... | |
| 1839 - 592 pages
...the British sovereigns in those days, who, in bowing their necks to Rome, imposed on their subjects a yoke, which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear. The history of our country, from that period up to the time of the Reformation, exhibits many and frequent... | |
| Mary Bowley - 1842 - 538 pages
...to be pursued, was needed to induce many to attempt the emancipation of themselves and others from " a yoke which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear." Some efforts had been made in previous ages to assert their rights, and secure the advantages of christian... | |
| August Neander - Church history - 1844 - 350 pages
...186. Note. t Thus Peter calls the law in its whole extent, contrasted with the grace of redemption, " a yoke which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear." Acts iv. 10. universal revelation of God in the creation, ind through that in the reason and conscience,... | |
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