Institutes of Natural and Revealed Religion, Volume 2Pearson and Rollason, 1782 |
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... providence of God without meeting with inexplicable difficulties . We may find fufficient reafon for acquiefcing in the darknefs which involves thefe great fub- jects , but we muft never expect to fee them fet in a perfectly clear light ...
... providence of God without meeting with inexplicable difficulties . We may find fufficient reafon for acquiefcing in the darknefs which involves thefe great fub- jects , but we muft never expect to fee them fet in a perfectly clear light ...
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... providence , in many nations , which never enjoyed the light of revelation , it does not follow that nature did not contain and teach thofe leffons , and that men had not the means of learning them , provided they had made the most of ...
... providence , in many nations , which never enjoyed the light of revelation , it does not follow that nature did not contain and teach thofe leffons , and that men had not the means of learning them , provided they had made the most of ...
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... should fee as much wifdom in the conduct of divine providence with refpect to them ; fo as not to doubt ( though we should not have been VOL . I. informed D informed of it by revelation ) that the Lord God NATURAL RELIGION . 33.
... should fee as much wifdom in the conduct of divine providence with refpect to them ; fo as not to doubt ( though we should not have been VOL . I. informed D informed of it by revelation ) that the Lord God NATURAL RELIGION . 33.
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... providence muft neceffarily extend to all his works ; and we may conclude that he constantly attends to every individual of his creatures , and out of every evil that befalls any of them produces good to themselves or others . Since God ...
... providence muft neceffarily extend to all his works ; and we may conclude that he constantly attends to every individual of his creatures , and out of every evil that befalls any of them produces good to themselves or others . Since God ...
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... providence should require it . We cannot help conceiving that any be- ing must be happy when he accomplishes all his defigns . The divine being , therefore , having power and wisdom to execute all his defigns , we infer that he must be ...
... providence should require it . We cannot help conceiving that any be- ing must be happy when he accomplishes all his defigns . The divine being , therefore , having power and wisdom to execute all his defigns , we infer that he must be ...
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Page 440 - And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 21 Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out ; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. 22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
Page 423 - Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Page 445 - Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
Page 427 - He was taken from prison, and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation ? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
Page 426 - For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground : he hath no form nor comeliness ; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Page 412 - Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard ; publish, and conceal not: say, "Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces ; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
Page 409 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Page 428 - He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied ; by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many : for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong ; because he hath poured out his soul unto death : and he was numbered with the transgressors ; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Page 435 - Prophets, and ftonefl them which are fent unto thee ; how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not ! Behold, your houfe is left unto you defolate. For I fay unto you, Ye fhall not fee me henceforth, till ye fhall fay, BlefTed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord.
Page 412 - And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen ; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.