but if you don't believe what he has writ, how should you believe what I say?

is not this, said they, Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how comes he then to say, I came down from heaven?

Upon this the Jews disputed among themselves, saying, how can this man give us his flesh to eat?

at which the Jews were surprized, saying, how came be acquainted with the scriptures, a man of no education?

thereupon they said to him, how did you come to your sight?

the Pharisees therefore ask'd him likewise, how he had received his sight. he told them, he put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and now see.

thereupon some of the Pharisees said, this man has no divine mission, because he does not observe the sabbath. but said others, if he be an impostor, how can he do such miracles? and there was a schism among them.

and ask'd them, is this your son, who you say was born blind? how came it then that he now sees?

they still urg'd the same question, what did he do to thee? how did he make you see?

the Jews came about him, and said, how long will you keep us in suspense? if you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.

how can you say that I blaspheme, I whom the father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, because I said I am the son of God?

upon which the Jews said, see how he loved him.

this passage his disciples did not understand at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, they remembred how they had mounted him, and perceiv'd that those words related to him.

Thomas said to him, Lord, we know not whither you are going, how then can we know the way?

how comes it then that we hear every man talking in our own native tongue?

upon which Peter said, Ananias, how could satan inspire thine heart to lye to the holy ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

was not the estate your own estate? and was not the price for which it was sold, all in your own hands? how came such a design as this in your heart? thou hast not lyed unto men, but unto God.

then Peter said to her, how comes it that you have conspir'd together, to tempt the spirit of the Lord? see there at the door the men that are come from burying thy husband, and they shall carry thee out likewise.

and then he said, "ye men of Israel, be cautious how you proceed with regard to these men.

how can I, answer'd he, without some expositor? and he desired Philip to mount, and sit with him.

then Philip enter'd upon the subject, and show'd how the whole passage was applicable to Jesus.

for I will make him see how much he must suffer for my name.

thereupon Barnabas took him with him to the apostles, and related to them how the Lord had appear'd to him on his journey, and had spoken to him, and how publickly Saul had preach'd at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

said he, how unlawful it is for a Jew, to frequent a stranger, or even to go to his house: but God hath shewed me, that I should not look upon any man as common and unclean.

you know, how his fame spread from Galilee through all Judea, after the baptism which John had preach'd:

how Jesus of Nazareth divinely inspired by the holy spirit, and with miraculous power, went about doing good, and healing all that were under the oppression of the devil: because God was with him.

he told us how he had seen an angel, who had presented himself to him, and had said, send to Joppa, to fetch Simon, surnam'd Peter:

if therefore God has bestow'd the same favour upon them, as on us, after we had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, how could I make any opposition to the divine will?

but he made a sign to them with his hand, to be silent: and related to them, how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. go, said he, and acquaint James and the other brethren with this affair. after which he departed and went to another place.

when they were arrived, and had assembled the Church, they related what great things God had wrought by them, and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles:

Simon has related how God began to visit the Gentiles, to chuse from among them a people consecrated to his name.

and when they were arriv'd he told them, you know how I have always behav'd towards you from the first day of my arrival in Asia:

how I have serv'd the Lord with all resignation, with tears, and trials occasion'd by the insidious practices of the Jews:

upon hearing this, they gave glory to God: and thus address'd Paul, you see, brother, how many thousand believing Jews there are, all however zealous for the law.

accordingly Paul went to the men, and the next day was purified with them; then entring into the temple, he declar'd how long the time of the purification was to last, and when the offering was to be made for each of them.

being at a loss how to determine such an affair, I ask'd him if he would go to Jerusalem, and take his tryal there.

as I have no certain account to communicate to the emperor my master, I caus'd him to appear before this assembly, and before you, king Agrippa, in particular, that after he is examin'd, I may know how to represent the affair;

not at all: for then how could God judge the world?

"how then are we better than they?" why, not at all: for we have already convicted both Jews and Gentiles, of being all under the guilt of sin.

How then can we assert, "that Abraham our father obtained this from circumcision?"

how was it then accounted? whilst he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? he was not then circumcised, but uncircumcised:

for we are saved but by hope: but hope supposes things not yet present; for how can a man hope for what he has now in possession?

But how, say you, shall they call on him on whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard?

and how shall they hear without a preacher? and how shall they preach except they be sent? as it is written, "how beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!"

God hath not discarded his people whom he formerly approv'd. don't you know what the scripture says of Elias? how he complain'd to God against Israel,

now if their fall be to the advancement of the world, and the few converts among them bring in whole numbers of the Gentiles: how much more so will it be, when the Jewish body recover?

for if you were taken from the wild olive, which was natural to you, to be grafted into a good olive-stock of a different nature, with how much greater reason shall these who are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive-tree?

O the depth of the divine goodness, wisdom, and contrivance! how impenetrable are his decrees, and his ways past finding out!

for how can he, that does not know the mind of the Lord, instruct another? but as for us, we are acquainted with the mind of the Lord.

according to the free gift of God bestowed upon me, I, as a skilful architect, have laid the foundation, and another builds thereon. but let every man take heed how he builds thereupon.

These things, my brethren, I have represented to you in my own person, and that of Apollos, out of respect to you: to show you how to moderate your esteem by the rule prescrib'd, that you may not be transported in favour of one rather than another.

'tis for this end I have sent you Timothy, who is my dear disciple, and a faithful christian, who will inform you how I behave my self in every church where I teach the gospel of Christ.

Don't you know, that your bodies are parts of Christ's mystical body? now, how can that which is Christ's, be made the property of a very creature?

but if the infidel will separate, let him go: a brother or a sister is not inslaved in such cases. but God has called us to peace; for how do you know,

O wife, but you may save your husband? or how do you know, O man, but you may save your wife?

the unmarried is religiously concerned, how he may please the Lord:

he that is married is worldly concern'd, how he may please his wife.

when you were Gentiles, you know how you were seduced by your leaders, to the worship of dumb idols.

And even inanimate instruments of sound, whether pipe or harp, except they have a distinct variety of notes, how can they express any significant tune?

in like manner, if you express yourselves in words of obscure signification, you may as well talk to the wind, for how shall any comprehend you?

otherwise if you should give thanks by the spirit in an unknown tongue, the hearer cannot but appear unlearned upon this occasion; how then can he say Amen to thy thanksgiving? since he does not conceive what you say.

Now if it has been declared, that Christ rose from the dead, how comes it, that some among you assert, "there is no resurrection of the dead?"

But some will say, how will the dead be raised? with what kind of body will they appear?

wherefore show how much you love them, and how well you deserve the character I gave you, before all the churches.

for if the Macedonians should come with me, and find you unprepared, how shall I, not to say you, be ashamed for having had so little ground to boast of you?

But as for those who were men of real eminency, how considerable soever they were heretofore, it does not any ways affect me; God accepts not the person of any man: for they who were of note, in conference with me, had nothing new to add.

or rather that you are favoured by him, how can ye turn again to the weak and beggarly elements of the law, to which you desire again to be in bondage?

my dear children, how am I in pain, till Christ be formed in you?

You see how long a letter I have writ to you with my own hand.

and how exceedingly great that power is, which he has employ'd upon us who believe, a power corresponding to that energy of his mighty strength;

by the reading whereof you may perceive how far I am let into the secret of Christ.

it is not my indigence that makes me say this: for I have learn'd, in whatevever state I am, therewith to be content: I know how to be in want,

I know how to abound: every where, and in every circumstance, I have been prepar'd for fulness or famine, for plenty or penury:

For I wish you knew how great my concern is for you, and for those of Laodicea, and for such as have never seen me in person:

how successful our arrival was among you, and how you renounc'd your idols to serve the living and true God,

for you remember, my brethren, our labour and toil: how we worked day and night, that in preaching the gospel of God, we might not be chargeable to any of you.

you are witnesses, and God is so too, how holy, how just and irreproachable our behaviour was to you, who believe.

how can I be sufficiently thankful to God upon your account, for all the joy, which by your means we have been affected with,

for if a man is incapable of governing his own family, how can he take care of the church of God?

you may know how to conduct yourself in the house of God, that is, in the church of the true God.

take care how you behave, and what you teach. persevere in these duties: for by the practice of them, you will save both yourself, and those who hear you.

how shall we escape, if we neglect that salutary doctrine? which was first published by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those that heard him;

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the holy spirit offered himself a spotless victim to God, purify our souls from deadly sins, to serve the living God?

for you should consider how he endured such opposition from sinners against himself, lest ye be tired out, and quite despond.

Vain man, must I show you how lifeless a thing faith is, without its effects?

you see how manageable horses are made by the application of a bit, which makes them take what motion we please.

so the tongue is but a small part of the body, yet how grand are its pretensions. a spark of fire! what quantities of timber will it blow into a flame?

how do you know, what will happen to-morrow? for, "what is your life?" a vapour that just appears, and then vanishes.

which is without any mixture, and will make you thrive. Since you have tasted how good the Lord is,

Since then this whole system is to be destroyed, how holy should your conduct be, and how ardent your piety?

he that possesses the enjoyments of life, and seeing his brother in want, has no compassion for him, how can he be said to have any divine love?

if a man says he loves God, and yet hates his brother, he is a lyar: for he that does not love his brother, who is before his eyes, how can he love God who is invisible?

and they cried with a loud voice, saying, "how long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou defer doing justice, and avenging our blood on those that dwell on the earth?"

they will scatter dust on their heads, and cry with tears, and bemoaning, "alas, alas, that great city, which enrich'd all the traders by sea, by the consumption she made: how is she reduc'd to a desert, in an instant!"