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Page 11
... never to be controuled , never to yield or give place ; for they are a law with God , and ac- cording to the nature of God ; they are as unchange- able and as unalterable as God himfelf . The latter inftance , are the leffer and ...
... never to be controuled , never to yield or give place ; for they are a law with God , and ac- cording to the nature of God ; they are as unchange- able and as unalterable as God himfelf . The latter inftance , are the leffer and ...
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... never better than finite and fallible , and if a finite and fallible creature fail and do amifs , ( as by the nature of his make he is subject to , ) if he re- pent and revoke what he hath unduly done , that al- ters the cafe , and the ...
... never better than finite and fallible , and if a finite and fallible creature fail and do amifs , ( as by the nature of his make he is subject to , ) if he re- pent and revoke what he hath unduly done , that al- ters the cafe , and the ...
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... never make you understand this notion , unless I defcend to particular inftances . If a man therefore will approve himself in this particular that is here charged upon him as a christian , I suggest to him the following things . Ift ...
... never make you understand this notion , unless I defcend to particular inftances . If a man therefore will approve himself in this particular that is here charged upon him as a christian , I suggest to him the following things . Ift ...
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... never in the use of any power or privilege vary from the rule of right ; Job viii . 3. Doth God pervert judgment , or doth the al- mighty pervert justice ? It is Abraham's argument , Gen. xviii . 25. That be far from thee to do after ...
... never in the use of any power or privilege vary from the rule of right ; Job viii . 3. Doth God pervert judgment , or doth the al- mighty pervert justice ? It is Abraham's argument , Gen. xviii . 25. That be far from thee to do after ...
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... never fo various , never fo coft- ly , thousands of rams , and ten thousands of rivers of oil , & c . & c . he over - looks all these , 36 Whatfoever things are just . DISCOURSE LXXIII. ...
... never fo various , never fo coft- ly , thousands of rams , and ten thousands of rivers of oil , & c . & c . he over - looks all these , 36 Whatfoever things are just . DISCOURSE LXXIII. ...
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Page 323 - All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Page 128 - And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
Page 51 - For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Page 3 - For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us.
Page 59 - Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you ? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy ; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Page 298 - Let light shine out of darkness,' made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
Page 270 - Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour ; this is the gift of God.
Page 270 - Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
Page 93 - For scarcely for a righteous man will one die ; yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Page 52 - AND after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: for true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.