 | sir Adam Gordon (bart.) - 1819 - 440 pages
...destroy, but to establish it. Hear what Christ himself says to this point (Matt. v. 17): Think not I am come to destroy the law and the Prophets ; I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil; that is, to make good what the Prophets foretold of me, and to perform the... | |
 | Johnson Grant - 1820 - 476 pages
...competent witness, refers to the Old Testament as of allowed and undoubted inspiration : " Think not that I am come to destroy the law and the prophets ; I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil : for, verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth shall pass away, one jot... | |
 | Sinclare Kelburn - 1821 - 392 pages
...Pharisees had put upon the moral law, and he begins with this remark; Matth. v. 17— «' Think not that I am come to destroy the law and the prophets — I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil ;" to fulfil the law, by paying it infinitely perfect obedience, and by being... | |
 | William Beveridge - 1821 - 390 pages
...only because they would have it to be so, directly contrary to our Saviour's own words, Think not that I am come to destroy the law and the prophets : I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. But I hope there is none of us but have better learned Christ, than to think... | |
 | William Romaine - 1821 - 282 pages
....butonall occasions hasconfirmcd and strengthened. How decisive are these words ! " Think not that " I am come to destroy the law, and the prophets, I am " not come to destroy, but to fulfil," to fulfil the law in mine own person, as the surety for my people, and to.put... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 232 pages
...his presence. Blessed are the peace-makers, for they shall be called children of God. Think not that I am come to destroy the law and the prophets ; I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. Whosoever shall break one of the least commandments of the moral law, and shall... | |
 | Whitlock Nicol - 1823 - 356 pages
...ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?" — John, v. 46, 47. " Think not that I am come to destroy the law and the Prophets ; I...come to destroy, but to fulfil." — Matt. v. 17. See John, i. 45 ; Acts, xxvi. 22, and xxviii. 28. " If they hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither... | |
 | Rammohun Roy (Raja) - 1823 - 358 pages
...himself to have come to fulfil the law taught by Moses, (Matthew, ch. v. ver. 7,) " Think not p that I am come to destroy the Law and the Prophets, I am not come to destroy but to fulfil ;" and strictly commands his disciples and the people at large to obey whatever... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1824 - 466 pages
...undefiled, as God delivered it on Mount Sinai, which occasioned the words of our Lord, ' Think not that I am come to destroy the Law and the Prophets ; I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.' To accomplish the Predictions of the Prophets concerning Himself; and to rescue... | |
 | David Bowker Wells - 1824 - 226 pages
...do".* On other occasions he said, "What is written in the law? how readest thoub?" "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, and the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil0." Christ, indeed, came into the world, not for the purpose of violently overturning... | |
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Think not that I am come to destroy the law, and the prophets : I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 
