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... excellent Being ; and therefore when we fay , God is a Spirit , we do not mean , that he is fuch a Being as Angels and the Souls of Men are ; but only that , being of a spiritual Nature , he tranfcends the Excellency of Angelic Natures ...
... excellent Being ; and therefore when we fay , God is a Spirit , we do not mean , that he is fuch a Being as Angels and the Souls of Men are ; but only that , being of a spiritual Nature , he tranfcends the Excellency of Angelic Natures ...
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... excellent Ends , and effects them by the most proper and becoming Means ; and , though there are different Degrees of Wisdom in the Creatures , yet the wi- feft of them all are . in fome Circumftan- ces deficient , and God is truly ...
... excellent Ends , and effects them by the most proper and becoming Means ; and , though there are different Degrees of Wisdom in the Creatures , yet the wi- feft of them all are . in fome Circumftan- ces deficient , and God is truly ...
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... excellent Reward than any this World can afford him , that dares oppofe himself against the Stream , and stem the Torrent of a vicious Age . He must by an Eye of Faith behold the Glory of a future State , who can be able to con- temn ...
... excellent Reward than any this World can afford him , that dares oppofe himself against the Stream , and stem the Torrent of a vicious Age . He must by an Eye of Faith behold the Glory of a future State , who can be able to con- temn ...
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... excellent Being , and therefore to be loved and admired , ferved and obeyed , for his own Sake , without any Refpect to our Convenience and Advantage ; and that as , on the one Hand , to be frighted out of our Sins , by the Terror of ...
... excellent Being , and therefore to be loved and admired , ferved and obeyed , for his own Sake , without any Refpect to our Convenience and Advantage ; and that as , on the one Hand , to be frighted out of our Sins , by the Terror of ...
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... excellent and incomprehenfible Rewards which God has prepared for those that love him ; and of those dreadful and in- tolerable Punishments which God has de- nounced against the impenitent Offenders ; fhould put us upon a ferious ...
... excellent and incomprehenfible Rewards which God has prepared for those that love him ; and of those dreadful and in- tolerable Punishments which God has de- nounced against the impenitent Offenders ; fhould put us upon a ferious ...
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Page 221 - Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches : but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth : for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
Page 207 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Page 249 - The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked : the Lord hath His way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet.
Page 37 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Page 203 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Page 194 - And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; if it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
Page 69 - I Therefore the prisoner of the Lord beseech you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love ; endeavouring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.
Page 289 - That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Page 215 - If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
Page 26 - ' for he that cometh to God muft believe that " He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that "diligently feek Him...