The Corner-stone: Or, A Familiar Illustration of the Principles of Christian TruthW. Peirce, 1834 - 360 pages |
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... secure the warmth and tightness of his buildings with half the effi- ciency of foresight and care which God exhibits every autumn , in shutting up , in places of safety and protection , all the varieties of animal and vegetable life ...
... secure the warmth and tightness of his buildings with half the effi- ciency of foresight and care which God exhibits every autumn , in shutting up , in places of safety and protection , all the varieties of animal and vegetable life ...
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... secure the protection and happiness of even the lowest creatures he has formed . The inference is irresistible , that he who takes so much pains to bring to every unfledged robin or sparrow its daily supplies of food , cannot be ...
... secure the protection and happiness of even the lowest creatures he has formed . The inference is irresistible , that he who takes so much pains to bring to every unfledged robin or sparrow its daily supplies of food , cannot be ...
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... secure it for millions and millions of his creatures , he can still firmly and steadily witness individual suffer- ing , when necessary , and that he will do it , rather than sacrifice the general good by violating law . You will see ...
... secure it for millions and millions of his creatures , he can still firmly and steadily witness individual suffer- ing , when necessary , and that he will do it , rather than sacrifice the general good by violating law . You will see ...
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... secure salvation ; and that message it will in every case , most assuredly deliver . It seems , then , that Jesus Christ very clearly recog- nised the distinction between the provision which God must make , in order to open the way for ...
... secure salvation ; and that message it will in every case , most assuredly deliver . It seems , then , that Jesus Christ very clearly recog- nised the distinction between the provision which God must make , in order to open the way for ...
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... secure it , that code of laws is , which he originally gave to men . We have read the ten com- mandments so many times , nay they have been so long , and so indelibly impressed on the memory , that it is diffi- cult for us to approach ...
... secure it , that code of laws is , which he originally gave to men . We have read the ten com- mandments so many times , nay they have been so long , and so indelibly impressed on the memory , that it is diffi- cult for us to approach ...
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Page 219 - And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night : for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.
Page 189 - Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
Page xviii - No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Page 199 - And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name ; and we forbade him, because he followeth not with us. 50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not : for he that is not against us, is for us.
Page 191 - I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away : and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Page 21 - And behold, it shall come to pass that my servants shall be sent forth to the east and to the west, to the north and to the south; 64.
Page 168 - After asserting that the blood of bulls and of goats could not take away sin, he adds, Then said I, Lo I come to do thy will, O God.
Page 171 - Children, taught as they should be from early infancy, know and feel that it is an evil and bitter thing to sin against God, and that wisdom's ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are paths of peace. "Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Page 197 - If ye love me, keep my commandments. ... He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me...
Page 189 - Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?