Theological worksT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1811 - Theology, Doctrinal |
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... obscurity , and accomplished in a sense much below what may seem necessary to unavoidable conviction ? Can they even pretend , on any clear principles of reason , that very important ends , perhaps the most impor- tant , may not be ...
... obscurity , and accomplished in a sense much below what may seem necessary to unavoidable conviction ? Can they even pretend , on any clear principles of reason , that very important ends , perhaps the most impor- tant , may not be ...
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... . I. My first conclusion is , " That , on the idea of such a scheme of prophecy , as the text supposes , a considerable degree of obscurity SERMON III . may be reasonably expected to attend the CONCLUSIONS , & c . 45.
... . I. My first conclusion is , " That , on the idea of such a scheme of prophecy , as the text supposes , a considerable degree of obscurity SERMON III . may be reasonably expected to attend the CONCLUSIONS , & c . 45.
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... obscurity . The fact answers to this presumption . Pro- phecies of very remote events , remote , I mean , from the date of the prediction , are universally the most obscure . As the season advanced for their accomplishment , they are ...
... obscurity . The fact answers to this presumption . Pro- phecies of very remote events , remote , I mean , from the date of the prediction , are universally the most obscure . As the season advanced for their accomplishment , they are ...
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... obscurity of the pro- phecies , relative to that subject . We there find it to have been in the order of the divine councils , that , between the first dawnings of revelation and the fuller light of the Gospel , an intermediate and very ...
... obscurity of the pro- phecies , relative to that subject . We there find it to have been in the order of the divine councils , that , between the first dawnings of revelation and the fuller light of the Gospel , an intermediate and very ...
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... obscurity according to its place in the general system ; and not to disclose more of it , or in clearer terms , at any one period , than might consist with the various ends of wisdom which were to be served by the gradual opening of so ...
... obscurity according to its place in the general system ; and not to disclose more of it , or in clearer terms , at any one period , than might consist with the various ends of wisdom which were to be served by the gradual opening of so ...
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Page 24 - And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not : I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Page 160 - Thy people also shall be all righteous : they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation : I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
Page 32 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come ; that Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
Page 292 - And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
Page 75 - I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen : but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. 19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
Page 171 - Little children, it is the last time ; and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
Page 160 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: which indeed is the least of all seeds : but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Page 284 - And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
Page xviii - Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.
Page 158 - And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.