The comparative coincidence of reason and Scripture, 1. köideJ. Hatchard and Son, 1832 |
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... observation of our world , by having it clearly proved , by the most express and public demonstration , that the human nature which He had created and formed , though liable to frailty , was still invested with such powers as would in ...
... observation of our world , by having it clearly proved , by the most express and public demonstration , that the human nature which He had created and formed , though liable to frailty , was still invested with such powers as would in ...
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... observe in what manner the doctrines contained in the gospel were first offered to the attention of the hearers ; and Scripture resolves this inquiry , by informing us that " St. Paul's manner was to reason with them out of the Scrip ...
... observe in what manner the doctrines contained in the gospel were first offered to the attention of the hearers ; and Scripture resolves this inquiry , by informing us that " St. Paul's manner was to reason with them out of the Scrip ...
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... observe in the human kind malignant inclinations , for the existence of which it appears difficult to account ; such as a malicious desire to teaze , afflict , distress , and torment their fellow creatures by various methods , and ...
... observe in the human kind malignant inclinations , for the existence of which it appears difficult to account ; such as a malicious desire to teaze , afflict , distress , and torment their fellow creatures by various methods , and ...
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... observing persons , the general bent of whose inclinations is decidedly virtuous , and who take the greatest pains in endeavouring to extir- pate all moral evil from their hearts , and to che- rish every amiable affection in their minds ...
... observing persons , the general bent of whose inclinations is decidedly virtuous , and who take the greatest pains in endeavouring to extir- pate all moral evil from their hearts , and to che- rish every amiable affection in their minds ...
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... observations on the nature of those qua- lities which we esteem most excellent in our- selves , or our fellow - creatures ; and we rationally conclude , that in the Deity must be concentrated every virtue in full perfection , ( virtue ...
... observations on the nature of those qua- lities which we esteem most excellent in our- selves , or our fellow - creatures ; and we rationally conclude , that in the Deity must be concentrated every virtue in full perfection , ( virtue ...
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Page 317 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night...
Page 218 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 342 - ... and saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth : wherein were all manner of four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter ; kill, and eat.
Page 388 - The wide, the unbounded prospect, lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he must delight in virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Page 151 - Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you : searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
Page 50 - I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me : I girded thee, though thou hast not known me : that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and •'/••.-• is none else. I form the light, and create darkness : I make peace, and create evil : I the LORD do all these things.
Page 121 - As one who long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoined, from each thing met conceives delight, The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Page 355 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to-day, and to-morrow, and let them wash their clothes ; and be ready against the third day : for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai.
Page 355 - Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people : for all the earth is mine : and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
Page 337 - And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.