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... world in greater uncertainty than , we have reafon to believe , they were at first setting out . But there is one fingle confideration which A 2 which greatly overbalances all difcourage- ments ; the neceffity of and PERFECTION . 3.
... world in greater uncertainty than , we have reafon to believe , they were at first setting out . But there is one fingle confideration which A 2 which greatly overbalances all difcourage- ments ; the neceffity of and PERFECTION . 3.
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... first , there is more necessary than the most ex- alted apprehenfions of the sublimest philo- fophers were ever able to reach . And un- der the last , it is evident there must be as many different degrees , as there are diffe- rent ...
... first , there is more necessary than the most ex- alted apprehenfions of the sublimest philo- fophers were ever able to reach . And un- der the last , it is evident there must be as many different degrees , as there are diffe- rent ...
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... first and original being , now acknowledged by every body who has any pretenfions to thought or reflection . It must be indeed acknowledged , that creation out of nothing , or giving being to what before was not , is as much above all ...
... first and original being , now acknowledged by every body who has any pretenfions to thought or reflection . It must be indeed acknowledged , that creation out of nothing , or giving being to what before was not , is as much above all ...
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... leaft failure must be criminal . As the being of all created things is at best but borrowed , fo it must be abfolute- ly precarious , and the continuance of it depend depend entirely on him who first bestowed it . No 22 Ef . L Of HAPPINESS.
... leaft failure must be criminal . As the being of all created things is at best but borrowed , fo it must be abfolute- ly precarious , and the continuance of it depend depend entirely on him who first bestowed it . No 22 Ef . L Of HAPPINESS.
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Robert Riccaltoun. depend entirely on him who first bestowed it . No one moment of their duration has any neceffary connection with another ; as they were raised at first , they must be con- tinually fupported , by almighty power ; which ...
Robert Riccaltoun. depend entirely on him who first bestowed it . No one moment of their duration has any neceffary connection with another ; as they were raised at first , they must be con- tinually fupported , by almighty power ; which ...
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Page 375 - For the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Page 311 - Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 197 - That was the True Light, which enlighteneth every man that cometh into the world.
Page 196 - For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man ; but holy men of God fpake as they were moved by the Holy Ghoft.
Page 332 - Lord who was born in the world, any one may see ; as also that " He and the Father are one ; and that he is in the Father and the Father in him ;" and that " he who seeth him seeth the Father,
Page 330 - The Lord hath fworn, and will not repent. Thou art a prieft for ever after the order of Melchifedech.
Page 232 - ... to fave to the uttermoft all that come unto God by him.
Page 375 - He that dwelleth in Love .dwelleth in God and God in him; for God is Love. (The room is suddenly black with night. Then a hymn bursts forth as though from a great choir of voices, and in the doorway MICHAEL, bathed in light, stands looking upward. Before him, at the foot of the stairs, kneel the two peasants...
Page 279 - Every man has a right to do what he will with his own...
Page 358 - Not by works of righ" teoufnefs which we have done, but ac" cording to his mercy he faved us, by the " waming of regeneration, and renewing " of the Spirit ; which God, in his love " and kindnefs to man, fheds or pours " out abundantly through Jefus Chrift the