A Body of Divinity: Wherein the Doctrines of the Christian Religion are Explained and Defended, Being the Substance of Several Lectures on the Assembly's Larger Catechism, Volume 2William W. Woodward, 1815 |
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... deny but that God could have created the world any number of years that a finite mind can describe , sooner than he did ; yet this would not be to create it from eternity , since that exceeds all bounds . We do not deny but that the ...
... deny but that God could have created the world any number of years that a finite mind can describe , sooner than he did ; yet this would not be to create it from eternity , since that exceeds all bounds . We do not deny but that the ...
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... denied , in com- mon with some other astronomical , or philosophical problems , without considering it , as ... deny it , I cannot but express as much dislike thereof , as any have done , who give into the commonly received ...
... denied , in com- mon with some other astronomical , or philosophical problems , without considering it , as ... deny it , I cannot but express as much dislike thereof , as any have done , who give into the commonly received ...
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... deny that there are either angels , or spirits , whether good or bad . II . We farther observe , that the angels are described , as to their nature , as incorporeal , and therefore called spirits . It is but a little , indeed , that we ...
... deny that there are either angels , or spirits , whether good or bad . II . We farther observe , that the angels are described , as to their nature , as incorporeal , and therefore called spirits . It is but a little , indeed , that we ...
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... deny it . And , none who own the divine authority of scrip- ture , ever questioned the account which Moses gives hereof , till a bold writer , about the middle of the last century , published a book , in which he advanced a new and ...
... deny it . And , none who own the divine authority of scrip- ture , ever questioned the account which Moses gives hereof , till a bold writer , about the middle of the last century , published a book , in which he advanced a new and ...
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... denied , indeed , by the Epicureans , who were detested by the better sort of heathen , and reckoned the Libertines of the respective ages , in which they lived ; and , though they may occasionally speak of a God , yet were deemed no ...
... denied , indeed , by the Epicureans , who were detested by the better sort of heathen , and reckoned the Libertines of the respective ages , in which they lived ; and , though they may occasionally speak of a God , yet were deemed no ...
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Page 106 - Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Page 560 - And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, that he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. And they gave forth their lots ; and the lot fell upon Matthias ; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
Page 382 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Page 537 - And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
Page 288 - Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father : 5 To whom be glory for ever and ever.
Page 106 - And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Page 425 - And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary His mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; (yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
Page 273 - For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Page 72 - The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock : and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.
Page 255 - Spirit, by which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.