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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... ruin , only opening the way for the mightiest act of mercy , perhaps , conceivable by created intelligence , the Atonement , -the sacred completion of the contest between good and evil , bringing back the Re- deemer to his throne , at ...
... ruin , only opening the way for the mightiest act of mercy , perhaps , conceivable by created intelligence , the Atonement , -the sacred completion of the contest between good and evil , bringing back the Re- deemer to his throne , at ...
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... ruin , yet darting through this infinite intricacy with a smoothness and safety which have never been impaired during six thou- sand years ' . Yet what is our system compared with the uni- verse ! The whole creation is in movement : the ...
... ruin , yet darting through this infinite intricacy with a smoothness and safety which have never been impaired during six thou- sand years ' . Yet what is our system compared with the uni- verse ! The whole creation is in movement : the ...
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... ruin averted by the same vigilant mercy . It has been asked , why should Satan exhibit this furious hatred against man ? Why should this powerful spirit be distinguished by so des- perate and boundless a determination against the ...
... ruin averted by the same vigilant mercy . It has been asked , why should Satan exhibit this furious hatred against man ? Why should this powerful spirit be distinguished by so des- perate and boundless a determination against the ...
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... ruined in the sight of the hosts of heaven , and driven into exile for ever , might be stimu- lated by an indescribable intensity of revenge . Time too has its effect in deepening the perversion of the heart . What might not be the ...
... ruined in the sight of the hosts of heaven , and driven into exile for ever , might be stimu- lated by an indescribable intensity of revenge . Time too has its effect in deepening the perversion of the heart . What might not be the ...
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... ruin with his eyes open . In coun- tries where human malignity is more licenced by the weakness of the government or the habits of the people , than in ours , he is only more pal- pably a wild beast , or a fiend . He toils for years on ...
... ruin with his eyes open . In coun- tries where human malignity is more licenced by the weakness of the government or the habits of the people , than in ours , he is only more pal- pably a wild beast , or a fiend . He toils for years on ...
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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.