...though it serves to direct and inflame our gratitude, when we remember the " Author is divine ;" and that holy men of old, spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. Yes, it was the spirit of Christ, (who is the channel of every divine communication to...

...appeal is doubtless to Revelation : for when by appropriate evidences we arrive at a full conviction that " holy men of old spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost," we know that the true sense of what they declare must be decisive of every question to...

...Scripture," says St. Paul, " is given by the inspiration of God " :" and we are taught by St. Peter, "that holy " men of old spake as they were moved by " the Holy Ghost'." Now, if the great and glorious God graciously condescends to speak to his creatures,...

...It contains sufficient to satisfy us, that God has made a revelation of his will to his children — that holy men of old spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost ; — and in many instances, it records the words which were thus spoken, but at the same...

...mind whence they proceeded, as well as to the purpose for which they were designed. They also testify, that " holy men of old spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." They contain statements, utterly and hopelessly at variance with the infidel supposition...

...of that people which the Lord has chosen for himself to shew forth his praise. It was for their sake that holy men of old spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, that the living oracles were committed to writing, that they have been preserved amid the...

...of that people which the Lord has chosen for himself to shew forth his praise. It was for their sake that holy men of old spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, that the living oracles were committed to writing, that they have been preserved amid the...

...ascension his apostles constantly refer to the same Scriptures/ And St. Peter, especially, declares that "holy men of old spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost."1 Upon the authority of assertions such as these, we must receive the Scriptures, to which...

...safety. And though he owned the scriptures of truth, as we do notólo be given by inspiration ; and that " holy men of old spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost ;" and made frequent and appropriate quotations from them to illustrate, and support his...

...would see, you could be no longer doubtful, that prophecy came not in old time by the will of man, but that holy men of old spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost ; so that instead of having but a name to live, and yet being dead, seeking, you might find...