Illustrations of the Divine GovernmentB. B. Mussey, 1834 - 288 pages |
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... Lord here employs is beau- tiful and affecting . Every one must have felt its force . When , in a solitary ramble , our eye has been struck with a little flower blooming in a secluded spot - when we have examined the perfection of all ...
... Lord here employs is beau- tiful and affecting . Every one must have felt its force . When , in a solitary ramble , our eye has been struck with a little flower blooming in a secluded spot - when we have examined the perfection of all ...
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... Lord , do all these things .'- ISAIAH , xlv . 6. - Shall there be evil in a city , and the Lord hath not done it ? ' - Âxos , iii . 6 . his permission . They allow that he permitted , but 32.
... Lord , do all these things .'- ISAIAH , xlv . 6. - Shall there be evil in a city , and the Lord hath not done it ? ' - Âxos , iii . 6 . his permission . They allow that he permitted , but 32.
Page 126
... Lord is good to all . He causes his sun to shine upon the evil and the good . ' The cloud , bearing in its bosom riches and fertility , pours its blessings upon every field , without regarding the 126 Of the Universality of the Divine ...
... Lord is good to all . He causes his sun to shine upon the evil and the good . ' The cloud , bearing in its bosom riches and fertility , pours its blessings upon every field , without regarding the 126 Of the Universality of the Divine ...
Page 127
... Lord visiteth the earth with his goodness ; he watereth it with the dew of heaven ; he maketh it soft with showers ; he blesseth the springing thereof . ' No where in nature are there traces of a partial God . Some inequalities indeed ...
... Lord visiteth the earth with his goodness ; he watereth it with the dew of heaven ; he maketh it soft with showers ; he blesseth the springing thereof . ' No where in nature are there traces of a partial God . Some inequalities indeed ...
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... about a result truly exalted and glorious . Then , indeed , may the uni- versal acclamation of praise burst from his intelligent creation - Alleluia , for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth ! CHAPTER II . OF THE ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF THE 140.
... about a result truly exalted and glorious . Then , indeed , may the uni- versal acclamation of praise burst from his intelligent creation - Alleluia , for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth ! CHAPTER II . OF THE ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF THE 140.
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Page 185 - And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out : it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire : 48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Page 198 - The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb...
Page 178 - And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Page 199 - For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Page 260 - For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us.
Page 261 - As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live, turn ye, turn ye, from your evil ways; for why will ye die?
Page 255 - Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him. For he knoweth our frame ; He remembereth that we are dust.
Page 185 - But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers...
Page 202 - Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Page 201 - The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.