A treatise on the conduct of God to the human species, and on the divine mission of Jesus ChristF.C. & J. Rivington, 1809 - 393 pages |
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... favour to the hu man race , should first create the species in his own image , and then devote a large por- tion of it to eternal destruction , to such a state of reprobation , as to doom them before their birth , or their having ...
... favour to the hu man race , should first create the species in his own image , and then devote a large por- tion of it to eternal destruction , to such a state of reprobation , as to doom them before their birth , or their having ...
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... favours to obtain , His thoughts are foolish , and his hopes are vain . He , only he , may trust his prayers will rise , And Heaven accept his grateful sacrifice , Who leads beneficent a virtuous life , Who wrongs no virgin , who ...
... favours to obtain , His thoughts are foolish , and his hopes are vain . He , only he , may trust his prayers will rise , And Heaven accept his grateful sacrifice , Who leads beneficent a virtuous life , Who wrongs no virgin , who ...
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... favour and make happy those men who serve him faith- fully and to the best of their power , or not ? --- Can it be at all questioned but that at least nine tenths of these people would answer in the affirmative ? If a man serves God as ...
... favour and make happy those men who serve him faith- fully and to the best of their power , or not ? --- Can it be at all questioned but that at least nine tenths of these people would answer in the affirmative ? If a man serves God as ...
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... favour of God is manifestly foolish and ab- surd , for mankind do not on other terms ex- pect it from each other : every master from his servant , and every father from his son , requires submission and obedience to their commands , as ...
... favour of God is manifestly foolish and ab- surd , for mankind do not on other terms ex- pect it from each other : every master from his servant , and every father from his son , requires submission and obedience to their commands , as ...
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... favour to enable him to accomplish it : such a man has a solid foundation , on which his hope and confi- dence may justly rest . But there is no other basis , on which any man can properly do so , nor is there any other criterion , by ...
... favour to enable him to accomplish it : such a man has a solid foundation , on which his hope and confi- dence may justly rest . But there is no other basis , on which any man can properly do so , nor is there any other criterion , by ...
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