Divine Providence, Or, The Three Cycles of Revelation: Showing the Parallelism of the Patriarchal, Jewish, and Christian Dispensations : Being a New Evidence of the Divine Origin of ChristianityJames Duncan, 1834 - 627 pages |
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... principle , and totally in form . Its object is to prove that " Christianity is the direct work of Pro- vidence ; " and this , not by any mere probability arising from its original weakness and subsequent power ; nor from its moral ...
... principle , and totally in form . Its object is to prove that " Christianity is the direct work of Pro- vidence ; " and this , not by any mere probability arising from its original weakness and subsequent power ; nor from its moral ...
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... principle . Those facts in the Patriarchal dispensation , were , --that man first remained for a certain period in a state , of which little more is known than that he existed - that he then became the father of two sons -that they ...
... principle . Those facts in the Patriarchal dispensation , were , --that man first remained for a certain period in a state , of which little more is known than that he existed - that he then became the father of two sons -that they ...
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... principle , of effecting the purposes of Heaven in the service of its revelation . It is also perfectly probable , that to place the evi- dence of religion in this especial point of view , as the strongest , has been a peculiar purpose ...
... principle , of effecting the purposes of Heaven in the service of its revelation . It is also perfectly probable , that to place the evi- dence of religion in this especial point of view , as the strongest , has been a peculiar purpose ...
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... principles of the sceptical theory , denies this obvious truth in a curious passage . " Since knowledge and understanding within us are nothing but a tumult in the mind , raised by external things that press the organic parts of man's ...
... principles of the sceptical theory , denies this obvious truth in a curious passage . " Since knowledge and understanding within us are nothing but a tumult in the mind , raised by external things that press the organic parts of man's ...
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... principle in the government of the universe , that its disuse seems to imply an entire alteration in the guidance and means of the system . But why shall not the physical change be as conspicuous as the moral ? We have dis- 10 THE ...
... principle in the government of the universe , that its disuse seems to imply an entire alteration in the guidance and means of the system . But why shall not the physical change be as conspicuous as the moral ? We have dis- 10 THE ...
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Page 25 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years : 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth : and it was so.
Page 186 - And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.
Page xi - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held : and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth...
Page 515 - And the seventh angel sounded ; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever...
Page 262 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 550 - But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
Page 164 - For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Page 132 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 400 - And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them ; there remained not so much as one of them.