Considerations on the theory of religion. To which are added two discourses, with an appendix |
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... Lord God made for Adam and his wife , Gen. iii . 21. which feem moft likely to have been of those beasts that were offered in facrifice , and might perhaps be in fome measure of the fame intendment with that facrifice ; for the ...
... Lord God made for Adam and his wife , Gen. iii . 21. which feem moft likely to have been of those beasts that were offered in facrifice , and might perhaps be in fome measure of the fame intendment with that facrifice ; for the ...
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... Lord their God of that which coft them nothing , of that which they could not eat ; or how they came to diftinguish [ which they did very early ] between fat and lean ; betwixt the good choice pieces , and others ; unless they had ...
... Lord their God of that which coft them nothing , of that which they could not eat ; or how they came to diftinguish [ which they did very early ] between fat and lean ; betwixt the good choice pieces , and others ; unless they had ...
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... Lord . Nor is it at all likely that Adam , who seemed ⚫ but small encouragement to hope , that God intended to favour a ' guilty one . ' But I cannot apprehend that fuch an intercourfe as was kept up between God and mankind , by the ...
... Lord . Nor is it at all likely that Adam , who seemed ⚫ but small encouragement to hope , that God intended to favour a ' guilty one . ' But I cannot apprehend that fuch an intercourfe as was kept up between God and mankind , by the ...
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... Lord † ; or , as that text is better rendered in the margin , to call themselves by the name of the Lord . They foon diftinguished themselves from the posterity of Cain ; and for their extraordinary piety , were entitled the people , or ...
... Lord † ; or , as that text is better rendered in the margin , to call themselves by the name of the Lord . They foon diftinguished themselves from the posterity of Cain ; and for their extraordinary piety , were entitled the people , or ...
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... Lord + ; and the former of them , notwith- standing the mixture of Idolatry in his house- hold favoured with a Vision § : Nor was the spirit of prophecy , or divine revelation , wholly con- of information by action , inftead of words ...
... Lord + ; and the former of them , notwith- standing the mixture of Idolatry in his house- hold favoured with a Vision § : Nor was the spirit of prophecy , or divine revelation , wholly con- of information by action , inftead of words ...
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Page 387 - Scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures; and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve; after that he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
Page 395 - Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Page 77 - 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 389 - Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God...
Page 396 - Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss : but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
Page 396 - Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts : and then shall every man have praise of God.
Page 389 - For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Page 399 - For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
Page 395 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat ? Nevertheless we.
Page 394 - For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.