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... necessary to know the occasion on which they were uttered . At first view there is some difficulty in connecting this exclamation with the context . It is a sudden transition , which abruptly breaks the thread of the discourse . It is ...
... necessary to know the occasion on which they were uttered . At first view there is some difficulty in connecting this exclamation with the context . It is a sudden transition , which abruptly breaks the thread of the discourse . It is ...
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... necessary to consider this truth more in detail , and to inquire - how God hides himself and what are his reasons for this concealment . I think we may remark , that God hides himself from us in the conduct of his providence ; -First ...
... necessary to consider this truth more in detail , and to inquire - how God hides himself and what are his reasons for this concealment . I think we may remark , that God hides himself from us in the conduct of his providence ; -First ...
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... necessary , equal , and uniform manner ; as the revolutions of the stars and other heavenly bodies , the productions and changes of brute and inanimate creatures ; that kind of uniformity and necessity with which all these things are ...
... necessary , equal , and uniform manner ; as the revolutions of the stars and other heavenly bodies , the productions and changes of brute and inanimate creatures ; that kind of uniformity and necessity with which all these things are ...
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... necessary reason is , the disproportion between God and us , between his actions and our ideas . You ask , Why is the conduct of providence in so many respects obscure and almost impenetrable ? Why does not God march before our eyes ...
... necessary reason is , the disproportion between God and us , between his actions and our ideas . You ask , Why is the conduct of providence in so many respects obscure and almost impenetrable ? Why does not God march before our eyes ...
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... necessary for the deve- lopment of events . Is it not far more worthy of the wisdom of God , that having in the beginning deter- mined to act by the instrumentality of the creatures , and in a manner proportioned to their condition and ...
... necessary for the deve- lopment of events . Is it not far more worthy of the wisdom of God , that having in the beginning deter- mined to act by the instrumentality of the creatures , and in a manner proportioned to their condition and ...
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Popular passages
Page 78 - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Page 264 - ... and. the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more ; (for they could not endure that which was commanded, and if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart : and so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake...
Page 58 - Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, 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, O house of Israel...
Page 272 - For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Page 264 - For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest: and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words...
Page 11 - As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
Page 56 - ... how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him ; God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
Page 284 - It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Page 322 - Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father : 5 To whom be glory for ever and ever.
Page 68 - See that ye refuse not him that speaketh : for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven...