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... whole , a ftrongly marked character of goodness and benignity in its author . We be- hold a vaft fyftem obviously contrived to provide , not food and nourishment only , but comfort alfo and enjoyment to 1 to an infinite number of ...
... whole , a ftrongly marked character of goodness and benignity in its author . We be- hold a vaft fyftem obviously contrived to provide , not food and nourishment only , but comfort alfo and enjoyment to 1 to an infinite number of ...
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... Caufe of all , a Supreme Lord , who from the beginning , has arranged and pre- pared the whole feries of caufes and effects , of whofe deftination and agen- $ 13 cy II . cy men are no more than the secondary 38 On the proper Difpofition of.
... Caufe of all , a Supreme Lord , who from the beginning , has arranged and pre- pared the whole feries of caufes and effects , of whofe deftination and agen- $ 13 cy II . cy men are no more than the secondary 38 On the proper Difpofition of.
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... whole hiftory of his life is the hiftory of active and diffu- five benignity . Wherever he was pre- fent , we find him employed in doing good ; either relieving men from their diftreffes , or making them wife and happy by his ...
... whole hiftory of his life is the hiftory of active and diffu- five benignity . Wherever he was pre- fent , we find him employed in doing good ; either relieving men from their diftreffes , or making them wife and happy by his ...
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... whole of our Lord's beha- viour . This relates to the manner of conferring benefits , which is often as material as the benefits themselves are . These are sometimes conferred fo un- graciously , as to carry the air of infults . rather ...
... whole of our Lord's beha- viour . This relates to the manner of conferring benefits , which is often as material as the benefits themselves are . These are sometimes conferred fo un- graciously , as to carry the air of infults . rather ...
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... whole . fcene of raifing Lazarus from the grave , places our Saviour's fympathy in the strongest light . As foon as he came among the mourning friends , although he knew the caufe of their mourning was fpeedily to be re- moved , he ...
... whole . fcene of raifing Lazarus from the grave , places our Saviour's fympathy in the strongest light . As foon as he came among the mourning friends , although he knew the caufe of their mourning was fpeedily to be re- moved , he ...
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Page 34 - 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 323 - But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, (that is to say ; not of this building,) neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Page 361 - And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord ; but the Lord was not in the wind : and after the wind an earthquake ; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire ; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Page 330 - Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need
Page 472 - And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Page 28 - that his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts...
Page 97 - It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? Neither is it beyond the sea that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Page 174 - Nevertheless I am continually with thee : Thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: But God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Page 68 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not...
Page 334 - IF ye, then, be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth : for ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.