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... character , and nothing but repentance and reformation can wipe it off . 4. Since all nations are of one blood and brethren of the same large family , God has manifested peculiar care , wisdom , and kindness , in fixing the various ...
... character , and nothing but repentance and reformation can wipe it off . 4. Since all nations are of one blood and brethren of the same large family , God has manifested peculiar care , wisdom , and kindness , in fixing the various ...
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... character of the Supreme Being , and describe his power , wisdom , good- ness , justice , and mercy , before the most ignorant and unculti- vated savage ; and , as soon as he understands the character of God , he will feel that he ought ...
... character of the Supreme Being , and describe his power , wisdom , good- ness , justice , and mercy , before the most ignorant and unculti- vated savage ; and , as soon as he understands the character of God , he will feel that he ought ...
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... characters recorded in sacred story ; I mean Noah , David , and Solomon . Solomon was at the height of his glory , when at the height of religion ; but when he declined into vice and idolatry , he fell into shame and disgrace , and lost ...
... characters recorded in sacred story ; I mean Noah , David , and Solomon . Solomon was at the height of his glory , when at the height of religion ; but when he declined into vice and idolatry , he fell into shame and disgrace , and lost ...
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... character . This rendered Noah superior to Nimrod , Moses superior to Pharaoh , David superior to Saul , Solomon superior to Socrates , Daniel superior to the wise men of Babylon , and Paul superior to Plato , and all the sages of the ...
... character . This rendered Noah superior to Nimrod , Moses superior to Pharaoh , David superior to Saul , Solomon superior to Socrates , Daniel superior to the wise men of Babylon , and Paul superior to Plato , and all the sages of the ...
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... character as a religious and intelligent people . May this con- sideration have all its weight upon you , since our Lord hath said in the parable of the talents , " Whosoever hath , to him shall be given , and he shall have more ...
... character as a religious and intelligent people . May this con- sideration have all its weight upon you , since our Lord hath said in the parable of the talents , " Whosoever hath , to him shall be given , and he shall have more ...
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Page 483 - 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 480 - And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 432 - Thou shall not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Page 91 - He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
Page 153 - 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 112 - 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 364 - ... 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.
Page 255 - 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 352 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 313 - 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?