Illustrations of the Divine GovernmentB. B. Mussey, 1834 - 288 pages |
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... give being to themselves , for they do not comprehend the mode of their own existence . They must therefore derive their origin from some Being who understood their nature , and who endowed them with the faculties they possess . The ...
... give being to themselves , for they do not comprehend the mode of their own existence . They must therefore derive their origin from some Being who understood their nature , and who endowed them with the faculties they possess . The ...
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... gives stability to the system of which it is the centre , furnishes it with light and heat . The same air , which sustains animal life in respiration , alike promotes the process of vegetation , supports combustion , equalizes ...
... gives stability to the system of which it is the centre , furnishes it with light and heat . The same air , which sustains animal life in respiration , alike promotes the process of vegetation , supports combustion , equalizes ...
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... give us clearer light and stronger vision . It is true that the evil we suffer , and , indeed , that the general train of events , is the result of laws which we cannot without absurdity suppose the Deity to be contin- ually changing ...
... give us clearer light and stronger vision . It is true that the evil we suffer , and , indeed , that the general train of events , is the result of laws which we cannot without absurdity suppose the Deity to be contin- ually changing ...
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... , were admirably adapted to give it effect , and to secure the most important objects it is designed to accomplish , then is the doctrine of providence established on a new basis . Every Christian must believe that the affairs of 3 13.
... , were admirably adapted to give it effect , and to secure the most important objects it is designed to accomplish , then is the doctrine of providence established on a new basis . Every Christian must believe that the affairs of 3 13.
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... gives to a suffering world the angel- spirit of a HOWARD . The bodily frame and the natural temper of an indi- vidual may seem , as has already been observed , ill adapt- ed to execute the work which the Deity has determined to perform ...
... gives to a suffering world the angel- spirit of a HOWARD . The bodily frame and the natural temper of an indi- vidual may seem , as has already been observed , ill adapt- ed to execute the work which the Deity has determined to perform ...
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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.