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... ; as if it were adapted to the state of knowledge , and conducive to the happiness , of the age in which it was introduced , but a positive evil in more enlightened times ; because , from its claim 20 [ SERM . THE PHILOSOPHICAL TEMPER ,
... ; as if it were adapted to the state of knowledge , and conducive to the happiness , of the age in which it was introduced , but a positive evil in more enlightened times ; because , from its claim 20 [ SERM . THE PHILOSOPHICAL TEMPER ,
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... down with positive , actual evil . Now there is little to lower a man in his own opinion , in his believing that he holds a certain definite sta- tion in an immense series of creatures , and is 1. ] 13 FIRST ENJOINED BY THE GOSPEL .
... down with positive , actual evil . Now there is little to lower a man in his own opinion , in his believing that he holds a certain definite sta- tion in an immense series of creatures , and is 1. ] 13 FIRST ENJOINED BY THE GOSPEL .
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... evil has in a measure befallen us ; that it does not increase , we must look to that early religious training , to which there can be no doubt all persons -- those in the higher as well as in the poorer classes of the com- munity ...
... evil has in a measure befallen us ; that it does not increase , we must look to that early religious training , to which there can be no doubt all persons -- those in the higher as well as in the poorer classes of the com- munity ...
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... evil which the transgression of Conscience occasions . Still , unformed and incomplete as is this law by nature , it is quite certain that obedience to it is at- tended by a continually growing expertness in the science of Morals . A ...
... evil which the transgression of Conscience occasions . Still , unformed and incomplete as is this law by nature , it is quite certain that obedience to it is at- tended by a continually growing expertness in the science of Morals . A ...
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... Evil Principle is re- vealed to us in the person of its author , Satan . Nay , not only thus , in the case of really existing beings , as the first man and the Evil Spirit , but even when a figure must be used , is the same system II ...
... Evil Principle is re- vealed to us in the person of its author , Satan . Nay , not only thus , in the case of really existing beings , as the first man and the Evil Spirit , but even when a figure must be used , is the same system II ...
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Page 57 - Fret not thyself because of evildoers, Neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.
Page 241 - If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them...
Page 231 - But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him : neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him ? But we have the mind of Christ.
Page 127 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Page 276 - For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another divers kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
Page 300 - BLESSED is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful...
Page 301 - I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what He will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
Page 153 - He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariot in the fire. Be still, and know that I am God : I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Page 308 - For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
Page 153 - Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will show to you to-day : for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.