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... punishment , that made him accursed of God : his being hanged on a tree was to denote some great offence that deserved that punishment , and for which he had incurred the divine displeasure . And so , when our Saviour is said to be made ...
... punishment , that made him accursed of God : his being hanged on a tree was to denote some great offence that deserved that punishment , and for which he had incurred the divine displeasure . And so , when our Saviour is said to be made ...
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... punishment . And doubtless , if a man believes he has nobody hereafter to account to , he will fear no master or ... punish theft and other crimes with death , notwithstanding the sixth commandment ; because men com- mit other offences ...
... punishment . And doubtless , if a man believes he has nobody hereafter to account to , he will fear no master or ... punish theft and other crimes with death , notwithstanding the sixth commandment ; because men com- mit other offences ...
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... punishment , and therefore prevents all threatenings and all laws . When I say that God prohibits no offence without af- fixing a punishment to its transgression , I do not mean that he always did it himself , but that it was always ...
... punishment , and therefore prevents all threatenings and all laws . When I say that God prohibits no offence without af- fixing a punishment to its transgression , I do not mean that he always did it himself , but that it was always ...
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... punished , and consequently miserable . But this will show men faulty , and God just in punishing offenders : that , whereas they think they ground this hard opinion of God upon his revealed will in scripture , they might consider ...
... punished , and consequently miserable . But this will show men faulty , and God just in punishing offenders : that , whereas they think they ground this hard opinion of God upon his revealed will in scripture , they might consider ...
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... punishment : and that the whole design of the gospel is overturned by such a scheme of cruelty and horrible injustice ; and that such notions do utterly root out the love of God from all men's hearts , and represent him worse than one ...
... punishment : and that the whole design of the gospel is overturned by such a scheme of cruelty and horrible injustice ; and that such notions do utterly root out the love of God from all men's hearts , and represent him worse than one ...
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Popular passages
Page 87 - Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people : and behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him ; and lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
Page 275 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Page 128 - For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant. 23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. 24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
Page 156 - ... all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the Lord. And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book.
Page 359 - Have always therefore printed in your remembrance, how great a treasure is committed to your charge. For they are the sheep of Christ, which he bought with his death, and for whom he shed his blood.
Page 277 - Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say. Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing: but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
Page 278 - But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne; nor by the earth; for it is his footstool : neither by Jerusalem ; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Page 204 - Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Page 196 - The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
Page 227 - The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer ; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust ; My buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.