Dissertations on the Existence, Attributes, Providence, and Moral Government of God: And on the Duty, Character, Security, & Final Happiness, of His Righteous SubjectsMundell, Doig, & Stevenson, 1807 - 346 pages |
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... true dignity on our na- ture . The memorial of virtue is immortal . It is known with God , and with men . ' MAY your Lordship always che- rish the spirit , and emulate the conduct of your venerable ancest- ors ! May you , and your noble ...
... true dignity on our na- ture . The memorial of virtue is immortal . It is known with God , and with men . ' MAY your Lordship always che- rish the spirit , and emulate the conduct of your venerable ancest- ors ! May you , and your noble ...
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... true , wHAT MANNER OF MEN THEY ARE WHO REJECT AND DESPISE IT ! They re- ject and despise what is evidently conson- ant to the plainest dictates of reason ; and what we could not believe any man would ever reject or despise , did we not ...
... true , wHAT MANNER OF MEN THEY ARE WHO REJECT AND DESPISE IT ! They re- ject and despise what is evidently conson- ant to the plainest dictates of reason ; and what we could not believe any man would ever reject or despise , did we not ...
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... true idea of a self - existent , or necessarily- existing Being , is the idea of a Being , the supposition of whose not - existing is an express contradiction . The rela- tion of equality between twice two and four , is an absolute ...
... true idea of a self - existent , or necessarily- existing Being , is the idea of a Being , the supposition of whose not - existing is an express contradiction . The rela- tion of equality between twice two and four , is an absolute ...
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... true.- Am I a God at hand , saith the Lord , and not a God afar off ? -Can any hide him- self in secret places that I shall not see • him ? saith the Lord . - Do not I fill hea- ven and earth ? saith the Lord . ' LET us consider , FIRST ...
... true.- Am I a God at hand , saith the Lord , and not a God afar off ? -Can any hide him- self in secret places that I shall not see • him ? saith the Lord . - Do not I fill hea- ven and earth ? saith the Lord . ' LET us consider , FIRST ...
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... true , that there is an immutable distinction between happi- ness and misery , and consequently be- tween the actions and characters which lead to the one and those which lead to the other , and if every reasonable being must ...
... true , that there is an immutable distinction between happi- ness and misery , and consequently be- tween the actions and characters which lead to the one and those which lead to the other , and if every reasonable being must ...
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Page 45 - He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: Which overturneth them in his anger. Which shaketh the earth out of her place, And the pillars thereof tremble.
Page 115 - For promotion cometh neither from the east, Nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Page 142 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Page 9 - These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Sou of God.
Page 45 - THE earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods.
Page 232 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...
Page 146 - Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
Page xiii - Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth ? saith the Lord.
Page 190 - Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world ; they increase in riches. 13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency . 14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
Page 46 - I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation : and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing : and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?