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... surely hope , without arro- Letters will be read with can- gance , that my dour and attention . Some of the illustrations which they will be found to contain of the most important doctrines of Holy Scripture , I had indeed occasion to ...
... surely hope , without arro- Letters will be read with can- gance , that my dour and attention . Some of the illustrations which they will be found to contain of the most important doctrines of Holy Scripture , I had indeed occasion to ...
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... surely . Animals are instinctively impressed with dread during a thunder storm , and prompted , when in the field , to run under some roof , or to cower on the ground , because they are safer under a roof than in the open air , and ...
... surely . Animals are instinctively impressed with dread during a thunder storm , and prompted , when in the field , to run under some roof , or to cower on the ground , because they are safer under a roof than in the open air , and ...
Page 31
... will ask ? There is surely no difficulty in conceiving two beings possessed each of all possible power , wisdom , and goodness , without either of them depriving the other of any of these perfections , or in the NATURAL THEOLOGY . 31.
... will ask ? There is surely no difficulty in conceiving two beings possessed each of all possible power , wisdom , and goodness , without either of them depriving the other of any of these perfections , or in the NATURAL THEOLOGY . 31.
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... surely neither our author , nor any of his admirers , ever supposed that a being perpetually prone to evil could exist in what he calls a perfect manner . Be- sides , we know from experience , a much safer guide than metaphysical ...
... surely neither our author , nor any of his admirers , ever supposed that a being perpetually prone to evil could exist in what he calls a perfect manner . Be- sides , we know from experience , a much safer guide than metaphysical ...
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... surely not the proper way of conduct- ing your studies ; for no man can successfully in- quire into the truth or origin of any religion , until he shall have acquired some knowledge of its doc- trines , and of the duties which it ...
... surely not the proper way of conduct- ing your studies ; for no man can successfully in- quire into the truth or origin of any religion , until he shall have acquired some knowledge of its doc- trines , and of the duties which it ...
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Page 176 - The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart ; that is, the word of faith which we preach : that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Page 127 - For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
Page 319 - And when he heard that it •> was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
Page 323 - But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Page 111 - Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves ; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire : 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female...
Page 179 - Verily I say unto you, that ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 319 - And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. 38 And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. 39 And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
Page 323 - If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.
Page 282 - That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish.
Page 78 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of Man, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation