An Examination of the Doctrine of Future Retribution: On the Principles of Morals, Analogy and the ScripturesT. Whittemore, 1846 - 216 pages |
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... given up , at once , that in order to induce men to act it is necessary to place the object to be obtained in a future world . The candid reader will now see , that the doctrine we are examining is unsound ; for it depends 18 ...
... given up , at once , that in order to induce men to act it is necessary to place the object to be obtained in a future world . The candid reader will now see , that the doctrine we are examining is unsound ; for it depends 18 ...
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... given be correct . The answer is , I must fear sin , in order to prevent me from sinning . Will it be asked why I should fear sin ? Answer ; Because it will make me miserable if I commit it . There is no priest that I can apply to , who ...
... given be correct . The answer is , I must fear sin , in order to prevent me from sinning . Will it be asked why I should fear sin ? Answer ; Because it will make me miserable if I commit it . There is no priest that I can apply to , who ...
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... given that after the men of that sinful age should be destroyed by the flood from the earth , a punishment infinitely worse would be inflicted on them . Noah is said to be a " preacher of righteousness ; " ( 2 Pet . ii . 5 ; ) but we ...
... given that after the men of that sinful age should be destroyed by the flood from the earth , a punishment infinitely worse would be inflicted on them . Noah is said to be a " preacher of righteousness ; " ( 2 Pet . ii . 5 ; ) but we ...
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... given of this doc- trine in the accounts which we have already noticed . Punishment of Sodom and Gomorrah . According to Bible chronology , more than sixteen hundred years after the creation of man had passed away , when the Creator ...
... given of this doc- trine in the accounts which we have already noticed . Punishment of Sodom and Gomorrah . According to Bible chronology , more than sixteen hundred years after the creation of man had passed away , when the Creator ...
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... given that another trial , another day of judgment , awaited the inhabitants of these cities , in a future state . So also , in all that is said to Pharaoh , and of the punishment of his iniquities and the sins of his people , no hint ...
... given that another trial , another day of judgment , awaited the inhabitants of these cities , in a future state . So also , in all that is said to Pharaoh , and of the punishment of his iniquities and the sins of his people , no hint ...
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Page 99 - And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars ; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity ; the sea and the waves roaring ; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth : for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Page 103 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill ; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment : But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment...
Page 98 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Page 196 - So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.
Page 64 - And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: all in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
Page 97 - Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify, and some of them ye shall scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city...
Page 99 - And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 21 Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains...
Page 86 - Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
Page 98 - For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.
Page 84 - And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him • for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.