 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.  A vindication of the Jews - Page 232by Thomas Witherby - 1809 - 287 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Erskine - Bible - 1777 - 528 pages
...Yes, moft confiftent ; for the Father loved the Son in dying, and for dying ; John x. 1 7. "Therefore doth my Father love me, becaufe I lay down my life, that I might take it again. He loved his Son for this very act of obedience which he yielded to him ; Chrift's... | |
 | Esq. J. Stephens - Christianity and other religions - 1777 - 392 pages
...that he was the good fhepherd, who would lay down his life for the fheep. " Therefore," faid he, " doth my Father love me, becaufe I lay down " my life, that I might take it again : the power " to do this I have received of the Father." Thefe fayings occafioned... | |
 | Isaac Mann (bp. of Cork and Ross) - 1783 - 456 pages
...bring, and they fhall hear my voice ; and there fhall be one 17 fold, an>.\ one fhepherd (f)- Therefore doth my Father love me, becaufe I lay down my life, that i might 1 8 take it again. No mantaketh it from me, but I lay it down of myfelf: I have power to lay... | |
 | Richard Price - Sermons - 1787 - 416 pages
...it again. No one taketh it from me ; but I lay it down ofmyjelf. I have power to lay it down, and 1 have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. — Irt all other places GOD is faid to have raifed Chrift However contrary this account of Crrriff... | |
 | Theophilus Lindsey - 1788 - 752 pages
...as the goodjhepherd; who took care of his flock; and expofed his life for it, he remarks : Therefore doth my Father love me, becaufe I lay down my life, that I might take it again. John x. 175 and the apoftle fays, he became obedient to death, even tbe death... | |
 | James Purves - Socinianism - 1790 - 180 pages
...them, DefV troy this temple, and in three days I will ' raife it up.' John x. 17, 18. 'Therefore ' doth my Father love me, becaufe I lay down * my life, that I might take it again. I have 4 power to lay it down, and I have power to ' take it again ; this commandment... | |
 | Richard Watson - Theology - 1791 - 536 pages
...alive." For this laying down his life for others, our Saviour tells us, John x. 1 7. " Therefore docs my father love me, becaufe I lay " down my life, that I might take it again." And this his obedience and fuffering was rewarded with a kingdom, which he tells... | |
 | Thomas Porter (Unitarian.) - 1793 - 228 pages
...x. 18. No man taketh my life from me, but I lay it down of myjel/ : I havt power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again; THIS COMMANDMENT HAVE i RECEIVED OF MY FATHER. The word, which in this place is tranflated power, more more properly fignifies right or authority... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - Religious poetry - 1793 - 384 pages
...No man taketh it [my life] from me, but 1 lay it down of myfelf : i have power to iay it down, and 1 have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. Luke iu 49. And Jeius faid unto them £Jofeph and his mother j How is it that ye fought me ? wilt ye... | |
 | James Williamson - Atonement - 1793 - 268 pages
...hear him, becaufe he was the beloved Son of God. (Mat. xvii. 5.) And Chrift himfelf fays, therefore doth my Father love me, becaufe I lay down my life, that I might take it again. (Jo. x. 17.) The dignity therefore and death of our Saviour arc reprefented in... | |
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