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... surely an idea the most solemn and tremend- ous that human imagination can conceive ; and yet how little regarded by the generality of man- kind ! We live in thoughtless ease and listless affluence we securely crop the rese - buds of ...
... surely an idea the most solemn and tremend- ous that human imagination can conceive ; and yet how little regarded by the generality of man- kind ! We live in thoughtless ease and listless affluence we securely crop the rese - buds of ...
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... surely we cannot be absurd enough to suppose , that a merciful Being would thus implant in his creatures expectations which should never be fulfilled ; that he should elude the just with hopes of a reward that should never be bestowed ...
... surely we cannot be absurd enough to suppose , that a merciful Being would thus implant in his creatures expectations which should never be fulfilled ; that he should elude the just with hopes of a reward that should never be bestowed ...
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... surely it required not the aid of tradition , the wisdom of a Pythagoras , or the sagacity of a Socrates to discover that man's existence could not terminate with the present scene of things . For let us only sup- pose any common ...
... surely it required not the aid of tradition , the wisdom of a Pythagoras , or the sagacity of a Socrates to discover that man's existence could not terminate with the present scene of things . For let us only sup- pose any common ...
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... Surely then we may be allowed to conclude , that even if a judgment to come were a thing doubtful , yet it is our interest to live and act agreeably to the principles of religion , rather than our own corrupt lusts ; since in the one ...
... Surely then we may be allowed to conclude , that even if a judgment to come were a thing doubtful , yet it is our interest to live and act agreeably to the principles of religion , rather than our own corrupt lusts ; since in the one ...
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... surely no common or easy task to recal his wandering steps , and to correct the confirmed depravity of his mental constitution : it will require no ordinary strength to disarm the Strong man , who has so long and so successfully had the ...
... surely no common or easy task to recal his wandering steps , and to correct the confirmed depravity of his mental constitution : it will require no ordinary strength to disarm the Strong man , who has so long and so successfully had the ...
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Page 39 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 17 - For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward ; 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...
Page 319 - I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing : therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live...
Page 143 - The Lord hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Page 119 - For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God : and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? and if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Page 66 - And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented, of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Page 317 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it ? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes...