Reflections upon the Gospel according to St. John / by William Heberden.

  • William Heberden the Younger
Date:
1830
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Credit: Reflections upon the Gospel according to St. John / by William Heberden. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    in common life to have laid before him, by some accredited minister, the determination of his master, or sovereign, not only to overlook his faults, but to promote him to great riches and honor upon certain specified conditions; would he not gladly embrace the offer, and acquaint himself thoroughly with the terms appointed, and endeavour to con- form himself to them ? “ Now, he does it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.” How much more, therefore, does it behove us to give earnest heed to the things which we have heard ?—“ which at the first began to he spoken by the Lord, and were confirmed unto us by them that heard him; God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles and gifts of the Holy Ghost.” The doctrines, the precepts, the example de- livered down to us in this Gospel, are the doctrines, the precepts, and the example of Jesus, the Son of God, our Mediator, and our Redeemer. And they are communicated to us by one who had every op- portunity of being fully acquainted with them; who “ followed no cunningly devised fablesbut declared unto the world “ that which he had seen and heard,” having been with Christ, as his dis- ciple and companion, during the whole time of
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