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... human nature need be told , how such a sentiment , in such a mind , operating in connexion with an inquisitive spirit of curiosity , -a spirit thirsting for know- ledge , fond of metaphysical research , disposed to take nothing upon ...
... human nature need be told , how such a sentiment , in such a mind , operating in connexion with an inquisitive spirit of curiosity , -a spirit thirsting for know- ledge , fond of metaphysical research , disposed to take nothing upon ...
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... human being , he was subject " to great nervous irritability . His feelings were singularly " quick and sensitive , and produced an almost morbid sensi- " bility . His affections were warm and sympathetic , and his " attachments as ...
... human being , he was subject " to great nervous irritability . His feelings were singularly " quick and sensitive , and produced an almost morbid sensi- " bility . His affections were warm and sympathetic , and his " attachments as ...
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... human mind under all " the variety of circumstances and countries ; and , if he be " inclined to investigate the causes of human actions , will " often , from the unanticipated and surprising results of the " most trifling event , be ...
... human mind under all " the variety of circumstances and countries ; and , if he be " inclined to investigate the causes of human actions , will " often , from the unanticipated and surprising results of the " most trifling event , be ...
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... human heart ; and by opening to his mind the many sophistries of infidelity , and the various forms and phases of error , fitted him the more re- markably for coping with the advocates of them all , and contributed to the settled ...
... human heart ; and by opening to his mind the many sophistries of infidelity , and the various forms and phases of error , fitted him the more re- markably for coping with the advocates of them all , and contributed to the settled ...
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... human action , his object being , to trace some of the " causes that operated to produce a departure in heart from " the love and service of God , on the part of those who " neither relapsed into open infidelity , nor abandoned the out ...
... human action , his object being , to trace some of the " causes that operated to produce a departure in heart from " the love and service of God , on the part of those who " neither relapsed into open infidelity , nor abandoned the out ...
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Page 221 - And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Page 90 - But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not...
Page lxxii - For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
Page 64 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 304 - Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone : if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
Page clxxvi - Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father : for my Father is greater than I.
Page lxii - Beware, lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the traditions of men ; after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ: For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
Page cxci - Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming...
Page 130 - For he is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever : that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord; so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud : for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.
Page 126 - I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I straitened till it be accomplished...