Twelve Sermons on the Character and Government of GodJohn Denio, 1811 - 348 pages |
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... able to declare the end ' from the beginning , and from ancient times the things that are not yet done ; who has the King's heart in his hand , and as the rivers of water turneth it whithersoever he will .. Jehovah will not only be ...
... able to declare the end ' from the beginning , and from ancient times the things that are not yet done ; who has the King's heart in his hand , and as the rivers of water turneth it whithersoever he will .. Jehovah will not only be ...
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... able to cause it to be . And this power , in whom- soever it is found , must be reckoned divine . It far transcends any thing known to be pos- sessed by creatures . He , who can give be- ing to what before did not exist , under any ...
... able to cause it to be . And this power , in whom- soever it is found , must be reckoned divine . It far transcends any thing known to be pos- sessed by creatures . He , who can give be- ing to what before did not exist , under any ...
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... able , interpose in favour of so faithful a servant , and so devout a worshipper . That he might still , possibly not be able to accom . plish the salvation of his votary , seems to have been a thought that continued to lurk in the ...
... able , interpose in favour of so faithful a servant , and so devout a worshipper . That he might still , possibly not be able to accom . plish the salvation of his votary , seems to have been a thought that continued to lurk in the ...
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... able to deliver their people . This implies , that the gods of those vanquished nations would have protected the objects of their care , or recovered them from their down - fall , had it been in their power . And because it is in the ...
... able to deliver their people . This implies , that the gods of those vanquished nations would have protected the objects of their care , or recovered them from their down - fall , had it been in their power . And because it is in the ...
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... able to ourselves , particular incidents may ap- pear ; yet if they do not imply a moral evil , nor any other kind of defect , in their effi- cient cause , they should not be considered as matter of regret , on the whole , and in a com ...
... able to ourselves , particular incidents may ap- pear ; yet if they do not imply a moral evil , nor any other kind of defect , in their effi- cient cause , they should not be considered as matter of regret , on the whole , and in a com ...
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Page 171 - How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery (as I wrote afore in few words, whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy Apostles and Prophets by the Spirit...
Page 149 - Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost ; which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; that being justißed by His grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life
Page 100 - But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence.
Page 177 - But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth ; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
Page 132 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 134 - For when God made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater, He sware by Himself, saying : — Surely blessing I will bless thee, And multiplying I will multiply thee.
Page 134 - If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
Page 181 - For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me : and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth ; and to another, Come, and he cometh ; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Page 304 - And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you : to the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
Page 24 - For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; and spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly...