The Works of Nathanael Emmons, D.D.: With a Memoir of His Life [written by Himself], 2. köideCrocker & Brewster, 1842 |
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... present state of knowl- edge , holiness and happiness ? then we have ground to think , that the world will stand many centuries longer . The earth is far from being fully inhabited . There is room for a far wider spread of the human ...
... present state of knowl- edge , holiness and happiness ? then we have ground to think , that the world will stand many centuries longer . The earth is far from being fully inhabited . There is room for a far wider spread of the human ...
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... path of the just , which shineth more and more unto the perfect day . One generation has been improving upon another , from age to age . And the improve- ments and discoveries of the last and present century are 26 SERMON II .
... path of the just , which shineth more and more unto the perfect day . One generation has been improving upon another , from age to age . And the improve- ments and discoveries of the last and present century are 26 SERMON II .
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... present century are truly surprising , and justify this grand and bold description : " Earth's disembowelled ! measured are the skies ! Stars are detected in their deep recess ! Creation widens ! vanquished Nature yields ! Her secrets ...
... present century are truly surprising , and justify this grand and bold description : " Earth's disembowelled ! measured are the skies ! Stars are detected in their deep recess ! Creation widens ! vanquished Nature yields ! Her secrets ...
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... present meeting . First : We may justly infer from the nature and dignity of man , that we are under indispensable obligations to religion . Our moral obligations to religion are interwoven with the first principles of our nature . Our ...
... present meeting . First : We may justly infer from the nature and dignity of man , that we are under indispensable obligations to religion . Our moral obligations to religion are interwoven with the first principles of our nature . Our ...
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... present state , may carry their researches into the works of nature , much farther than they have ever yet carried them . The fields of science , though they have been long traversed by strong and inquisitive minds , are so spacious ...
... present state , may carry their researches into the works of nature , much farther than they have ever yet carried them . The fields of science , though they have been long traversed by strong and inquisitive minds , are so spacious ...
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Page 477 - Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do ; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him...
Page 249 - And the man who was raised up on high, ' The anointed of the GOD of Jacob, ' And the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, ' The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, ' And his word was in my tongue.
Page 87 - He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
Page 149 - THUS saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have holden, To subdue nations before him ; And I will loose the loins of kings, To open before him the two leaved gates; And the gates shall not be shut...
Page 108 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 460 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Page 249 - Although my house be not so with God; yet He hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although He make it not to grow.
Page 307 - For who maketh thee to differ from another ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Page 284 - My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee, so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures ; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
Page 358 - ... backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful ; who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.