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... given the sun to rule the day ; and to many of them has he given moons to rule the night . To them he has made the stars also . And God has set them in the firmament of heaven , to give light unto their earth ; and to rule over the day ...
... given the sun to rule the day ; and to many of them has he given moons to rule the night . To them he has made the stars also . And God has set them in the firmament of heaven , to give light unto their earth ; and to rule over the day ...
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... , and retain an inflexible position in space . But , if this movement was given him by one stroke , he must have a progressive motion , along with a whirling motion ; or , in other words , he is moving forward 21 A SKETCH OF THE.
... , and retain an inflexible position in space . But , if this movement was given him by one stroke , he must have a progressive motion , along with a whirling motion ; or , in other words , he is moving forward 21 A SKETCH OF THE.
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... given us their most beautiful and most consistent exemplification . I did not anticipate such a length of time , and of illustration , in this stage of my argument . But I will not regret it , if I have familiarized the minds of any of ...
... given us their most beautiful and most consistent exemplification . I did not anticipate such a length of time , and of illustration , in this stage of my argument . But I will not regret it , if I have familiarized the minds of any of ...
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... given birth in heaven to so wonderful a movement , as the Son of God putting on the form of our degraded species , and sojourning among us , and sharing in all our infirmities , and crowning the whole scene of humiliation , 56 EXTENT OF ...
... given birth in heaven to so wonderful a movement , as the Son of God putting on the form of our degraded species , and sojourning among us , and sharing in all our infirmities , and crowning the whole scene of humiliation , 56 EXTENT OF ...
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... given to the sublimest truths of science , have widely disseminated all the deism that has been grafted upon it ; and the high tone of a de- cided contempt for the Gospel , is now associated with the flippancy of superficial ...
... given to the sublimest truths of science , have widely disseminated all the deism that has been grafted upon it ; and the high tone of a de- cided contempt for the Gospel , is now associated with the flippancy of superficial ...
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Page 155 - The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness : but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Page 154 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Page 154 - And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it...
Page 152 - Sirs, why do ye these things ? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein : who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
Page 157 - But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Page 154 - Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: but he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
Page 206 - And many people shall go and say, 'Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths:' for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Page 150 - He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Page 155 - 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 155 - But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.