The Whole Works of the Rev. W. Bates, Volume 1James Black, 1815 - Presbyterianism |
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... testimony of divine providence . For it is trans- parent and of a subtile nature , and thereby a fit medium to con- vey light and celestial influences to the lower world . It receives the first impressions of the heavens , and ...
... testimony of divine providence . For it is trans- parent and of a subtile nature , and thereby a fit medium to con- vey light and celestial influences to the lower world . It receives the first impressions of the heavens , and ...
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... testimony . From hence it is that conscience acquits or condemns , shines or burns , refreshes or torments according to the innocence or guilt of men's actions , with respect to the divine judgment - seat . This is a witness none can ...
... testimony . From hence it is that conscience acquits or condemns , shines or burns , refreshes or torments according to the innocence or guilt of men's actions , with respect to the divine judgment - seat . This is a witness none can ...
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... testimony of conscience when clear and innocent produces that tranquillity , complacence and joy , that no outward troubles can extinguish . The weight of this argument is great : for that which is com- mon to the whole species , and ...
... testimony of conscience when clear and innocent produces that tranquillity , complacence and joy , that no outward troubles can extinguish . The weight of this argument is great : for that which is com- mon to the whole species , and ...
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... testimony of mankind ? ( 2. ) There is no absolute atheist that is , of such a firm persua- sion that there is no God , as excludes all doubts and fears of the contrary . It is true , as a pretext for their licentiousness , and to give ...
... testimony of mankind ? ( 2. ) There is no absolute atheist that is , of such a firm persua- sion that there is no God , as excludes all doubts and fears of the contrary . It is true , as a pretext for their licentiousness , and to give ...
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... testimony to it . For is it con- ceivable that an error not in a light question , but in the supreme object of the mind , should be the root of all the virtues that sup- port the civil state , and truth if discovered should have a fatal ...
... testimony to it . For is it con- ceivable that an error not in a light question , but in the supreme object of the mind , should be the root of all the virtues that sup- port the civil state , and truth if discovered should have a fatal ...
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Page 484 - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Page 113 - And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord ; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord : for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Page 150 - Let the people praise thee, O God ; let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
Page 476 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 151 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 536 - Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink.
Page 376 - If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father: and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world,
Page 184 - When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him...
Page 483 - Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see : The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them.
Page 47 - Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made ; well : but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace ; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands...