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... reason for which they are withheld . That the same valuable end is in the best manner promoted , by the things which are revealed , will probably be rarely if ever questioned by any man who believes in the existence of a divine ...
... reason for which they are withheld . That the same valuable end is in the best manner promoted , by the things which are revealed , will probably be rarely if ever questioned by any man who believes in the existence of a divine ...
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... reasons we are not to be influenced , either in our faith or in our practice , by any reference to secret things or things unrevealed . It has been already observed , that these things were not revealed , for the very same reason that ...
... reasons we are not to be influenced , either in our faith or in our practice , by any reference to secret things or things unrevealed . It has been already observed , that these things were not revealed , for the very same reason that ...
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... reason for not believing them . No allegation can be more erroneous or groundless . In the works of God , both of creation and providence , by which we are continually surrounded , we are presented every day , hour , and moment , with ...
... reason for not believing them . No allegation can be more erroneous or groundless . In the works of God , both of creation and providence , by which we are continually surrounded , we are presented every day , hour , and moment , with ...
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... reason why we should deny the reality of the works , or doubt the truth of the declarations of God ? If it furnish no objection against those works of God which are familiarly known to us , can it be any reason for doubting those which ...
... reason why we should deny the reality of the works , or doubt the truth of the declarations of God ? If it furnish no objection against those works of God which are familiarly known to us , can it be any reason for doubting those which ...
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... reason for questioning its truth . There are innumerable facts in the natural world which are humiliating and painful . The existence of sin , error , toil , dis- ease , sorrow , pain , and death , in their innumerable forms , pre ...
... reason for questioning its truth . There are innumerable facts in the natural world which are humiliating and painful . The existence of sin , error , toil , dis- ease , sorrow , pain , and death , in their innumerable forms , pre ...
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Page 255 - Ye call Me Master, and Lord : and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example that ye should do as I have done to you.
Page 260 - And He said unto them, Why are ye troubled ? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts ? Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself: handle Me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see Me have.
Page 512 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Page 243 - For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron : I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
Page 265 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth; when he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep; when he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment ; when he appointed the foundations of the earth : then I was by him, as one brought up with him; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of...
Page 205 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Page 503 - And to him they agreed : and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
Page xiii - And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: 39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page xv - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 537 - This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.