Discourses: Doctrinal and Practical ; Delivered in Essex Street Chapel, Volume 2R. Hunter, 1827 |
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... impossible he should be in earnest ; but this is not true ; he believes , often at least , what he affirms . You conclude that he is bereft of his understanding . Upon other subjects he is as reasonable ' as ever ; but his religion he ...
... impossible he should be in earnest ; but this is not true ; he believes , often at least , what he affirms . You conclude that he is bereft of his understanding . Upon other subjects he is as reasonable ' as ever ; but his religion he ...
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... impossible to be miser- able ; it would be impossible to be other- wise than resigned and thankful in every state and condition of life ; and whatever Nature may feel or suffer , either from per- sonal or social , from private or public ...
... impossible to be miser- able ; it would be impossible to be other- wise than resigned and thankful in every state and condition of life ; and whatever Nature may feel or suffer , either from per- sonal or social , from private or public ...
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... impossible even to conjec- ture what quantity of evil it may be expe- dient to admit under the divine govern- ment , as necessary to the accomplishment of its final purpose . In the present state the wicked are often great sufferers by ...
... impossible even to conjec- ture what quantity of evil it may be expe- dient to admit under the divine govern- ment , as necessary to the accomplishment of its final purpose . In the present state the wicked are often great sufferers by ...
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... . Whether any external solemnities will actually take place , corresponding with these figurative and striking representations , it is impossible to ascertain , and useless to inquire . It is enough with Divine Foreknowledge . 133.
... . Whether any external solemnities will actually take place , corresponding with these figurative and striking representations , it is impossible to ascertain , and useless to inquire . It is enough with Divine Foreknowledge . 133.
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... impossible , therefore , that he should have chosen evil , either na- tural or moral , for its own sake . He has permitted it to be introduced for no other reason but to accomplish purposes of the highest import , which could not have ...
... impossible , therefore , that he should have chosen evil , either na- tural or moral , for its own sake . He has permitted it to be introduced for no other reason but to accomplish purposes of the highest import , which could not have ...
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Page 111 - Nay, but O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus...
Page 257 - And truly the Son of man goeth as it was determined ; but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed.
Page 271 - Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value ; and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
Page 259 - Jesus answered, He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
Page 409 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 452 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 271 - And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
Page 447 - And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.
Page 301 - Lord: looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God ; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled : lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
Page 95 - And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them and of their children after them...