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... authority , although , like civil gov- ernment , it is too often imperfectly administered . A more sensible indication of the moral govern- ment of God we find in the sentiment which of- fences against society naturally excite in observ ...
... authority , although , like civil gov- ernment , it is too often imperfectly administered . A more sensible indication of the moral govern- ment of God we find in the sentiment which of- fences against society naturally excite in observ ...
Page 85
... authority in the hearts of all his faithful followers , through a long succession of ages ; that this world was not the limit of his reign , but that his kingdom would be continued and consummated hereafter . It shall be our present ...
... authority in the hearts of all his faithful followers , through a long succession of ages ; that this world was not the limit of his reign , but that his kingdom would be continued and consummated hereafter . It shall be our present ...
Page 91
... authority of Christ . He seeks no doubtful char- acters , who wish to be indulged in a partial at- tachment , who are ready to give up one vice if they may be allowed to retain another , but who revolt at the first bribe which the world ...
... authority of Christ . He seeks no doubtful char- acters , who wish to be indulged in a partial at- tachment , who are ready to give up one vice if they may be allowed to retain another , but who revolt at the first bribe which the world ...
Page 136
... authority that was committed to him in heaven and on earth , all for the purpose of establishing this last dispensa- tion of the Most High , and for propagating and completing his religion . Miracles were necessary to gain attention to ...
... authority that was committed to him in heaven and on earth , all for the purpose of establishing this last dispensa- tion of the Most High , and for propagating and completing his religion . Miracles were necessary to gain attention to ...
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... authority , and not from the scriptures , that we see so much uncertainty and contradiction among Protestants .. III . It must thirdly be admitted , that another source of unbelief is pride . We now draw near- er to the meaning of our ...
... authority , and not from the scriptures , that we see so much uncertainty and contradiction among Protestants .. III . It must thirdly be admitted , that another source of unbelief is pride . We now draw near- er to the meaning of our ...
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Page 22 - Hast thou not known ? hast thou not heard, that the Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary ? there is no searching of His understanding.
Page 271 - Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
Page 174 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not : if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Page 343 - I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees...
Page 55 - For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, and with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God...
Page 64 - Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink ? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in ? or naked, and clothed thee ? or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
Page 249 - For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Page 94 - Lord, Lord, open unto us ; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are : then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know not whence ye are ; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
Page 342 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Page 183 - There is no moral formula more frequently cited, and with more deserved admiration, than that maxim of doing to others as we would have them do to us : and, as Paley observes, no one probably ever was in practice led astray by it.