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John Bird Sumner

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John Bird Sumner, D.D., Lord Bishop of Chester, A Practical Exposition of the Gospels of St. Matthew and St. Mark, in the Form of Lectures, Intended to Assist the Practice of Domestic Instruction and Devotion, sixth edition (London: J. Hatchard and Son, 1838), Lecture XLIII, "Power of Faith.—Tribute Money Paid," on Matt. xvii. 14–27, p. 229
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It is instructive here to see what the disciples wanted. Vigorous, strenuous, effectual faith. Faith they possessed: they had left all, and followed the calling of the Messiah. But it was not such faith as they required:…

John Bird Sumner · John Bird Sumner, D.D., Lord Bishop of Chester, A Practical Exposition of the Gospels of St. Matthew and St. Mark, in the Form of Lectures, Intended to Assist the Practice of Domestic Instruction and Devotion, sixth edition (London: J. Hatchard and Son, 1838), Lecture XLIII, "Power of Faith.—Tribute Money Paid," on Matt. xvii. 14–27, p. 229
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