Twelve Sermons on the Character and Government of GodJohn Denio, 1811 - 348 pages |
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... producing it , and that cause , for the same reason , must be viewed in a similar re- lation , and so on to infinity . Would we then receive the doctrine of God's entire fore- " knowledge of things future , we must do it upon this ...
... producing it , and that cause , for the same reason , must be viewed in a similar re- lation , and so on to infinity . Would we then receive the doctrine of God's entire fore- " knowledge of things future , we must do it upon this ...
Page 87
... produced . To say , specifically , what that influence is , must be deemed im- possible , at least , as much so as ... produce the effect ; and if this be correct phraseology , then pow- er is neither cause nor effect , but something ...
... produced . To say , specifically , what that influence is , must be deemed im- possible , at least , as much so as ... produce the effect ; and if this be correct phraseology , then pow- er is neither cause nor effect , but something ...
Page 98
... produce other things , whose value and importance we seem to have some affecting sense of And it would argue nothing less than wan- tonness in Deity to use his power indeter minately , or without aiming that it should be to some good ...
... produce other things , whose value and importance we seem to have some affecting sense of And it would argue nothing less than wan- tonness in Deity to use his power indeter minately , or without aiming that it should be to some good ...
Page 104
... produced him into being ; does not the idea come upon us , ir- resistibly , that the Deity , in bringing such a creature into existence , has only brought an incumbrance upon his own hands ? Does not the very idea of his being an ...
... produced him into being ; does not the idea come upon us , ir- resistibly , that the Deity , in bringing such a creature into existence , has only brought an incumbrance upon his own hands ? Does not the very idea of his being an ...
Page 120
... produce more equal advanta ges . Sometimes a law will fall short of the object contemplated , and then it must be re- placed with one more fully to the purpose . It would be tedious , were it possible , to 120 God is unchangeable .
... produce more equal advanta ges . Sometimes a law will fall short of the object contemplated , and then it must be re- placed with one more fully to the purpose . It would be tedious , were it possible , to 120 God is unchangeable .
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Page 213 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ : according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love : having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved...
Page 177 - But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth ; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
Page 132 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 165 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ ; and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ...
Page 134 - For when God made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater, He sware by Himself, saying : — Surely blessing I will bless thee, And multiplying I will multiply thee.
Page 264 - Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
Page 254 - Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the LORD hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
Page 133 - His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
Page 128 - I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people ; now, therefore, let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them ; and I will make of thee a great nation.
Page 134 - If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.