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... divine doctrines of meekness , humility , and charity , they came much distorted and disguised through such a medium ; so that I attended more to the odious manner , than to the amiable matter . Certainly , their good effect on me must ...
... divine doctrines of meekness , humility , and charity , they came much distorted and disguised through such a medium ; so that I attended more to the odious manner , than to the amiable matter . Certainly , their good effect on me must ...
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... divine wisdom and judgments , to the point of human reason ) , had not the light of the Sun of Righ- teousness and Revelation arisen on me with healing in his wings when I least expected it ! Blessed for ever be His Holy Name . Amen ...
... divine wisdom and judgments , to the point of human reason ) , had not the light of the Sun of Righ- teousness and Revelation arisen on me with healing in his wings when I least expected it ! Blessed for ever be His Holy Name . Amen ...
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... divine œconomy of nature . This , when it is subordinate and coadjutant to divine revelation , and always points to it , ( as it always does when truly considered and interpreted ) for instance , in the Parables of our Lord , his Apo ...
... divine œconomy of nature . This , when it is subordinate and coadjutant to divine revelation , and always points to it , ( as it always does when truly considered and interpreted ) for instance , in the Parables of our Lord , his Apo ...
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... divine truths afforded by the parables of nature and natural science , as explained by analogy , in the same point of view as the accompaniments of a piece of music . The Gospel itself , is the grand subject and air of the divine ...
... divine truths afforded by the parables of nature and natural science , as explained by analogy , in the same point of view as the accompaniments of a piece of music . The Gospel itself , is the grand subject and air of the divine ...
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... divine love , certainly would have compelled me to perform both the external and the internal . I completed my own education by the study of Pope's Essay on Man , for which I imbibed a zealous and enthusiastic admiration . This ...
... divine love , certainly would have compelled me to perform both the external and the internal . I completed my own education by the study of Pope's Essay on Man , for which I imbibed a zealous and enthusiastic admiration . This ...
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Page 203 - For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God ; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Page 212 - For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
Page 103 - Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them ; or declare us things for to come. Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods : yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
Page 185 - And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God. Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal...
Page 195 - For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Page 101 - I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing : therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live...
Page i - No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.
Page 212 - They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Page 1 - Son of man; the field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
Page 195 - God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness : because that which may be known of God is manifest in them ; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead : so that they are without excuse.