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Page vii
... lefs the effect of deliberate choice than of accident ? There is no reafon for being alarmed , as if fuch an event portended a general defection . Raw , undifciplined P undifciplined troops may give way at the first onfet ; PREFACE . vii.
... lefs the effect of deliberate choice than of accident ? There is no reafon for being alarmed , as if fuch an event portended a general defection . Raw , undifciplined P undifciplined troops may give way at the first onfet ; PREFACE . vii.
Page viii
John Dick. undifciplined troops may give way at the first onfet ; but veterans , fkilled in the art of defence , and accuftomed to danger , will keep the field , in defiance of the most furious attacks of the enemy . It is unquestionably ...
John Dick. undifciplined troops may give way at the first onfet ; but veterans , fkilled in the art of defence , and accuftomed to danger , will keep the field , in defiance of the most furious attacks of the enemy . It is unquestionably ...
Page ix
... he acknowledges to be unworthy of its notice . Of the reafons which induced him first to difcufs the fub- ject , in fome fermons preached to the Congregation Congregation under his care , and after- wards to enlarge PREFACE . ix.
... he acknowledges to be unworthy of its notice . Of the reafons which induced him first to difcufs the fub- ject , in fome fermons preached to the Congregation Congregation under his care , and after- wards to enlarge PREFACE . ix.
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... first principles , and fimple ele- ments , leads them on by fucceffive fteps to per- fection . In like manner , God communicated spi- ritual information , " in various portions , " as the circumstances of the church required ; giving ...
... first principles , and fimple ele- ments , leads them on by fucceffive fteps to per- fection . In like manner , God communicated spi- ritual information , " in various portions , " as the circumstances of the church required ; giving ...
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... FIRST , I fhall give an account of the inspira- tion of the Scriptures ; or fhall fhew in what fenfe I believe them to be infpired . In the SECOND place , I fhall , point out the writings of which the inspiration is afferted by the ...
... FIRST , I fhall give an account of the inspira- tion of the Scriptures ; or fhall fhew in what fenfe I believe them to be infpired . In the SECOND place , I fhall , point out the writings of which the inspiration is afferted by the ...
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Page 134 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, Shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation : Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there ; Neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
Page 150 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 64 - We are of God: he that knoweth God, heareth us; he that is not of God, heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
Page 230 - And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.
Page 152 - For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The Lord, The God of Hosts, is his name.
Page 150 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance ? Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
Page 162 - it was faid by them of old time, Thou fhalt not " commit adultery : But I fay unto you, That *' whofoever looketh on a woman to luft after her, " hath committed adultery with her already in his
Page 228 - And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent : for he is not a man, that he should repent.
Page 149 - He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered ? Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.