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Title: The new and complete life of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: containing an authentic and full account of all the wonderful transactions, sufferings, and death of our glorious Redeemer
Year: 1803 (1800s)
Authors: Wright, Paul, -1785. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Jesus Christ
Publisher: New-York: published by William Durell, bookseller, No. 106, Maiden-lane
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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this foundation, need not fear the dreadfulearthquake, the rulhing inundation, theraging tempelt, or the devouring flame :not all the rage and confufion of a tumul-tuous world, can hurt such a person asthis ; but he may fland secure amidfl thelafl convuHions of expiring nature, andbehold, without fear, the wrecks ofmat- ter, and the crulh of worlds. But our Lord proceeded to (hew the fa-vourable regard which he had for his dis-ciples, and the gifts which he would beflowupon them ; and, therefore, he adds. AndI will give unto thee the keys of the kingdomof heaven: and whatsoever thou fialt bindon earth, fhall be bound m heaven: andwhatsoever thou fhalt loose on earth, fhallbe Loosed m heaven, Maith. xvi. 19. AsPeter had spoken in behalf of himselfand the reft of the apo^lles, so our Lordlays down these gifts which were commonto all ; for the same words, with very littlevariation, are applied to the whole num-ber, in Matt, xviii. 18. and in John xx,23. They cannot be supposed to contain
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i t J I . ( AND LIVES OF HIS APOSTLES. 101 a declaration of any superiority affigned toPeter over the reft of the apoftles ; for, itis evident, that, when they afterwards dis-puted on this head, and held any conten-tion amongft themselves, who fhould begreateft, they were always reproved bytheir Mafter ; nor can we find, that thereft of the apoftles ever confeffed anysuch superiority, or that Peter ever claim-ed it. The keys of the kingdom of heavenbeing given to the apoftles,. by a veryeasy and beautiful figure, represents thesuccess of their miniftrv. The kingdom ofheaven, in the language of the evangelifts,is the kingdom of grace, or the dispensa-tion of the glorious gospel: and what canbe more natural, than to say, that the keys of the kingdom of heaven are givento them who open those noble truths tothe sons of men. And when it is said,that whatsoever the apoftles bind on earth,ftiall be bound in heaven : it evidently re-lates to the divine approbation of those •regulations and

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