The Works of the Learned Benjamin Whichcote ...J. Chalmers, 1751 - 448 pages |
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... come into the head of a man to be aggrieved that there is place for repen- tance and that God fhould pardon upon repen- tance and that God fhould give over to punish when men repent ! one would think , we should be merciful for our own ...
... come into the head of a man to be aggrieved that there is place for repen- tance and that God fhould pardon upon repen- tance and that God fhould give over to punish when men repent ! one would think , we should be merciful for our own ...
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... come in his days ; but by Jonah's confent , God should not give way to repentance . But you will afk , wherefore do I blemish the re- putation of a prophet , of a type of Christ ? I answer , whatsoever is upon record in the scrip- ture ...
... come in his days ; but by Jonah's confent , God should not give way to repentance . But you will afk , wherefore do I blemish the re- putation of a prophet , of a type of Christ ? I answer , whatsoever is upon record in the scrip- ture ...
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Benjamin Whichcote. 2. Sometimes the fins of nations and of perfons are come to their height , and God forced to punish , 3. The judgments of God in this life are exempe lary and difciplinary , Luke xiii . 3 , 5. and 1. Cor . x , 6. 11 ...
Benjamin Whichcote. 2. Sometimes the fins of nations and of perfons are come to their height , and God forced to punish , 3. The judgments of God in this life are exempe lary and difciplinary , Luke xiii . 3 , 5. and 1. Cor . x , 6. 11 ...
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... comes not at all or , 2dly . It proves not what we fear and ima- gine . Or , 3dly . It stays but a while if it do come . Or , 4thly . He turns it into good . I give you but hints , and leave the reft to your meditation . III . The third ...
... comes not at all or , 2dly . It proves not what we fear and ima- gine . Or , 3dly . It stays but a while if it do come . Or , 4thly . He turns it into good . I give you but hints , and leave the reft to your meditation . III . The third ...
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... come to leave the world , fince our welfare to eternity de- pends upon it . We are , I fay , highly concerned , fo to order our converfations in the world , fo to go- vern our spirits , and lead fuch lives , as when we fhall come to ...
... come to leave the world , fince our welfare to eternity de- pends upon it . We are , I fay , highly concerned , fo to order our converfations in the world , fo to go- vern our spirits , and lead fuch lives , as when we fhall come to ...
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Page 269 - Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been...
Page 275 - God ; who will render to every man according to his deeds : to them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life : but unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil...
Page 179 - And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry : I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
Page 4 - And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
Page 271 - ... as when an arrow is shot at a mark, it parteth the air, which immediately cometh together again; so that a man cannot know where it went through...
Page 25 - Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; And see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, And make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; Lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Page 119 - Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting and with weeping, and with mourning ; and rend your hearts and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God ; for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness, and repenteth Him of the evil.
Page 240 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Page 282 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Page 361 - ... to be throughout rational in what they do ; for these things have a Divine foundation. The spirit in man is the Candle of the Lord, lighted by God, and lighting men to God.