Sermons, Volume 1Hezekiah Howe and Durrie & Peck, 1828 |
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... cause of this apostasy is , to say the most , either not at all , or very imperfectly , revealed . Yet it is to be feared , that many men , of no small reputation , have spent more time in attempting to explain , and in actually ...
... cause of this apostasy is , to say the most , either not at all , or very imperfectly , revealed . Yet it is to be feared , that many men , of no small reputation , have spent more time in attempting to explain , and in actually ...
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... cause it is a declaration of God . But if we suffer our curiosity to wander in a series of inquiries , in order to find out where , what , and how long ; we may easily meet with so many , and so great , difficulties , that we may be ...
... cause it is a declaration of God . But if we suffer our curiosity to wander in a series of inquiries , in order to find out where , what , and how long ; we may easily meet with so many , and so great , difficulties , that we may be ...
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... cause his word to be so written that they would of course mistake the meaning in this manner , while reading it with diligence , integrity and reverence . But , if the obvious meaning be not the true one , both these suppositions must ...
... cause his word to be so written that they would of course mistake the meaning in this manner , while reading it with diligence , integrity and reverence . But , if the obvious meaning be not the true one , both these suppositions must ...
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... cause of its motions ? It is the medium , through which I receive an end- less multitude of sensations both ... causes , which I can scarcely understand at all . Yet I can distinctly perceive , that they are extensively fitted for the ...
... cause of its motions ? It is the medium , through which I receive an end- less multitude of sensations both ... causes , which I can scarcely understand at all . Yet I can distinctly perceive , that they are extensively fitted for the ...
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... causes , and that Eternity is a duration , amply sufficient to accomplish them all . Let me add , that what the Scriptures teach of the existence of such worlds , Reason rea- dily admits ; and the modern Astronomy seems to establish ...
... causes , and that Eternity is a duration , amply sufficient to accomplish them all . Let me add , that what the Scriptures teach of the existence of such worlds , Reason rea- dily admits ; and the modern Astronomy seems to establish ...
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Page 247 - Ye call Me Master, and Lord : and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example that ye should do as I have done to you.
Page 489 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Page 217 - We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
Page 236 - For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron : I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
Page 401 - That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; 16 Holding forth the word of life...
Page 456 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father's house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my God : and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house : and of all that thou shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 257 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth; when he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep; when he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment ; when he appointed the foundations of the earth : then I was by him, as one brought up with him; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of...
Page 222 - Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him. But whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Page 201 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Page 179 - For behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people: For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.