 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 606 pages
...raised up Christ, whom he " raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. For " if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised. And " if Christ be not...Christ, are perished. If in this life only " we have hope in Christ, we are o£ all men most " miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead, " and become... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - 1818 - 448 pages
...built all his hopes of a future existence on the fact of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He says ; " If Christ be not raised, your faith is vain ; ye are yet in your sins. — But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept.... | |
 | 1834 - 778 pages
...these same Corinthians (1 Cor. xv. 14, 17, 18), " then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain ; ye are yet in your sins : then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished." But, thanks be to God ! we need have no doubt upon this vitally important point ; for it is certain... | |
 | sir Adam Gordon (bart.) - 1819 - 440 pages
...Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is vain : and, again, at the 17th verse, If Christ be not raised, your faith is vain, ye are yet in your sins. It became, therefore, absolutely necessary that Christ should rise without seeing corruption... | |
 | James Inglis - 1820 - 406 pages
...raised up Christ; whom he raised not up, if so he that the dead rise not. For-if the dead rise not, then, is not Christ raised; and if Christ be not raised,...Christ, are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1820 - 440 pages
...good reason for so doing, as Mr. B. had for charging it upon me. He had said, If the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised'; and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. They might have exclaimed against the se consequences, and said of him who urged them,... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1820 - 442 pages
...good reason for so doing, as Mr. B. had for charging it upon me. He had said, Jf the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised; and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. They might have exclaimed against the se consequences, and said of him who urged them,... | |
 | Henry Aldrich - 1821 - 300 pages
...Conditional syllogisms are sometimes accumulated in the form of the Sorites. Thus, If the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised; and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain. If our faith is vain, our hope is confined to this life; but if in this life only we have hope in Christ,... | |
 | Youth's instructor - 1830 - 542 pages
...TRUTH OF THE RESURRECTION. THE language of St. Paul throws a peculiar interest around this subject : " If Christ be not raised, your faith is vain ; ye are yet in your sins." (1 Cor. xv. 17.) What an alarming intimation this ! and how well calculated to rouse... | |
 | Herman Witsius - 1823 - 806 pages
...pillar, and no part of the faith remains secure ; all our hopes of salvation are entirely overthrown. " If " Christ be not raised, your faith is vain, ye...they also which are fallen asleep in " Christ, are perished."1 vin. We are at present to speak of this raising of Christ from the dead ; and propose to... | |
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Christ raised; and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. 
