Illustrations of the Divine GovernmentSherwood, 1822 - 456 pages |
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... believe , that , in fashioning our frame , and appointing that it should undergo at a certain period a total disorganization , he do not by that change design to destroy us , but to qualify us for a higher state and for nobler pursuits ...
... believe , that , in fashioning our frame , and appointing that it should undergo at a certain period a total disorganization , he do not by that change design to destroy us , but to qualify us for a higher state and for nobler pursuits ...
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... number and va- riety of beings , we must believe , in the one case , that he will at all times provide against the interruption of that order which alone can illus- trate his perfections , and the destruction of those faculties 18.
... number and va- riety of beings , we must believe , in the one case , that he will at all times provide against the interruption of that order which alone can illus- trate his perfections , and the destruction of those faculties 18.
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... believe that the Deity operates every where , for according to it he is every where . In whatever manner , however , we may con- ceive of the omnipresence of the Deity , we must all admit the fact itself , that by the necessity of his ...
... believe that the Deity operates every where , for according to it he is every where . In whatever manner , however , we may con- ceive of the omnipresence of the Deity , we must all admit the fact itself , that by the necessity of his ...
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... believe that he will not exert it for the welfare of his offspring ? With un- erring wisdom and unbounded goodness , must he not feel towards them in the best manner ; and since no power in the universe is capable of controlling his ...
... believe that he will not exert it for the welfare of his offspring ? With un- erring wisdom and unbounded goodness , must he not feel towards them in the best manner ; and since no power in the universe is capable of controlling his ...
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... believe , that on some occasions of supreme importance they have been suspended ; but the great argument for the doctrine of a pro- vidence would remain just the same , even though it could be demonstrated , that the laws by which the ...
... believe , that on some occasions of supreme importance they have been suspended ; but the great argument for the doctrine of a pro- vidence would remain just the same , even though it could be demonstrated , that the laws by which the ...
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Page 367 - Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die ? saith the Lord God : and not that he should return from his ways, and live ? But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live ? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
Page 318 - For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Page 288 - And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Page 313 - And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out : it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire : 48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Page 321 - The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
Page 325 - Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him. But whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Page 287 - The sinners in Zion are afraid; Fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire ? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
Page 393 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming, in which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth-; they that have done good to the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil to the resurrection of damnation,"
Page 316 - But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it ; The owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: And he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
Page 410 - Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?