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... most intelligent of mankind , have of God , and of a future state are , no doubt , very im- perfect ; yet who can deny their being use- ful . For my own part , I think I have the greatest reason to be thankful to God for the happiness ...
... most intelligent of mankind , have of God , and of a future state are , no doubt , very im- perfect ; yet who can deny their being use- ful . For my own part , I think I have the greatest reason to be thankful to God for the happiness ...
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... most necessary to be known concerning revela- tion , and therefore may serve as an intro- ductory catechism , and may not improper- ly be taught previous to any other , that may be thought to enter more fully into the doctrines of ...
... most necessary to be known concerning revela- tion , and therefore may serve as an intro- ductory catechism , and may not improper- ly be taught previous to any other , that may be thought to enter more fully into the doctrines of ...
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... most ex- cellent of them all . 4. Qu . In what does it appear that God is perfectly wise ? An . In bringing about all his de- signs in the best manner ; in his know- ing every thing , even the thoughts of our heart ; in foreseeing all ...
... most ex- cellent of them all . 4. Qu . In what does it appear that God is perfectly wise ? An . In bringing about all his de- signs in the best manner ; in his know- ing every thing , even the thoughts of our heart ; in foreseeing all ...
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... most effectually lead to the ob- servance of these , and all other of God's commandments ? An . A high reverence for God , and a sincere good will towards our fellow creatures , joined with a just regard to our own real interest . 29 ...
... most effectually lead to the ob- servance of these , and all other of God's commandments ? An . A high reverence for God , and a sincere good will towards our fellow creatures , joined with a just regard to our own real interest . 29 ...
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... most exposed ? An . Young persons are most in danger of vanity , peevishness , disobe- dience to parents , an excessive love of pleasure , and extravagance ; all arising from strong and ungoverned passions . 32. Qu . What are the vices ...
... most exposed ? An . Young persons are most in danger of vanity , peevishness , disobe- dience to parents , an excessive love of pleasure , and extravagance ; all arising from strong and ungoverned passions . 32. Qu . What are the vices ...
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Page 40 - Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham ? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
Page 17 - Isaac, (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him that calleth,) it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Page 13 - Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with ; but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
Page 46 - ... .which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places., (far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named not only in this world, but also in that which is to come...
Page 30 - He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
Page 18 - Hath not the potter power over the clay; of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour and another unto dishonour? What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: and that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
Page 23 - And when Abraham saw that the Man blessed not God, he said unto him, Wherefore dost thou not worship the most high God, Creator of Heaven and Earth?
Page 47 - Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
Page 14 - Wherefore it behoved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful HIGH PRIEST in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
Page 11 - To us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him ; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we in him.