...power of God. Call to mind, however, what he himself had openly declared, long before his death — " No man taketh my life from me, but I lay it down of myself; I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again." 2 And therefore let us...

...human body and human soul, that he might give himself for us. Mind, ' He gave himself,' and he says, ' No man taketh my life from me, but I lay it down of myself, I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.' Had he not died as man,...

...Christ, the Son of God, so loved the world, that He gave Himself; for, when He went to die, He said, " No man taketh my life from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again." It is just as if one of...

...by sin ; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned ;"* and the words of our Lord, " No man taketh my life from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. "t But although Socinians...

...voluntary nature of his sacrifice ; which accords with his express and memorable declaration — " No man taketh my life from me, but I lay it down of myself ; I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again," (Johnx. 18.) The same...

...done ; sufferings laid on him to be borne ; and even of his most voluntary death, he said, though " no man taketh my life from me, but I lay it down of myself;" "this command have I received of my Father ;" and " that the world may know that 1 love...

...wonderful union, Jesus had power and authority over his own life, to lay it down and to take it up again. ' No man taketh my life from me, but I lay it down of myself; I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again.'" Sophia. " But what...

...comforted ;" come, build upon this rock, and you shall never fall. Or the words may be rendered, " When his soul shall make an offering for sin." * And in this...No man taketh my life from me ; but I lay it down of myself :" John x. 18. Thus it was his own free choice ; and this consideration prodigiously enhances...

...Him who made it from the tomb. " Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world!" " No man taketh my life from me, but I lay it down of myself; I have power to lay it down and I have power to take it again." " God sent his only begotten...

...the atonement altogether, that whatever the Lord Jesus Christ did in this matter, he did freely. " No man taketh my life from me, but I lay it down of myself." — John x. 18. "Lo I come to do thy will, O God."— Heb. x. 7. But this is denied. "The...