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... received the highest praise of some of the most distinguished theological scholars in Scotland and England ; and though expressing in the most decided manner the views of the particular denomination with which their author was connected ...
... received the highest praise of some of the most distinguished theological scholars in Scotland and England ; and though expressing in the most decided manner the views of the particular denomination with which their author was connected ...
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... received his early education in the grammar- school of Aberdeen ; and there , at a very early age , gave proof of those abilities by which he afterwards rose to eminence . There is an incident connected with his entering the univer ...
... received his early education in the grammar- school of Aberdeen ; and there , at a very early age , gave proof of those abilities by which he afterwards rose to eminence . There is an incident connected with his entering the univer ...
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... received invitations from a number of congregations to become their pastor . His first settlement was in Slateford , a village in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh . Here he was ordained , in 1786 , to the high gratification of the people ...
... received invitations from a number of congregations to become their pastor . His first settlement was in Slateford , a village in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh . Here he was ordained , in 1786 , to the high gratification of the people ...
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... received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the college of Princeton , New Jersey . The professorship of Systematic Divinity in the Seminary of the Secession Church having become vacant by the death of the venerable Dr. Lawson , in ...
... received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the college of Princeton , New Jersey . The professorship of Systematic Divinity in the Seminary of the Secession Church having become vacant by the death of the venerable Dr. Lawson , in ...
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... received . This was owing not only to the high estimation in which he was held by his students as a person of great taste and judgment , but also to the sterling honesty that characterized all his criticisms . He seemed to feel that he ...
... received . This was owing not only to the high estimation in which he was held by his students as a person of great taste and judgment , but also to the sterling honesty that characterized all his criticisms . He seemed to feel that he ...
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Page 319 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a king shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Page 77 - But I have greater witness than that of John : for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me that the Father hath sent me.
Page 520 - My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Page 86 - So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following.
Page 365 - Remember the former things of old: For I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times the things that are not yet done, Saying, My counsel shall stand, And I will do all my pleasure...
Page 371 - Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to Him that formed it, Why hast Thou made me thus ! Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour...
Page 76 - If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, " Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them ;" thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Page 294 - Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
Page 445 - But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest : and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Page 283 - ... feathers, and his nails like bird's claws. And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me; and I blessed the Most High; and I praised and honoured Him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom is from generation to generation.