Institutes of natural and revealed religion. To which is prefixed, An essay on the best method of communicating religious knowledge to the members of Christian societies, Volume 2printed in the year, 1794 |
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... should not have been obtained but by means of convulfions , fwoonings , violent , and fome times very indecent geftures , which those who applied for a cure made ufe of ; and lastly , that thefe miracles entirely ceafed when no credit B ...
... should not have been obtained but by means of convulfions , fwoonings , violent , and fome times very indecent geftures , which those who applied for a cure made ufe of ; and lastly , that thefe miracles entirely ceafed when no credit B ...
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... should be more free from these objections than natural religion . On the contrary , we might expect , that , if both the difpenfations have the fame author , they would be fo fimilarly conftituted , as to be attended with fimi- lar ...
... should be more free from these objections than natural religion . On the contrary , we might expect , that , if both the difpenfations have the fame author , they would be fo fimilarly conftituted , as to be attended with fimi- lar ...
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... should come against Ifrael in battle , that he might defray them utterly , and that they might have no favour , but that he might defroy them , as the Lord commanded Mofes , i . e . evidently in cafe of oppofition only . As to the ...
... should come against Ifrael in battle , that he might defray them utterly , and that they might have no favour , but that he might defroy them , as the Lord commanded Mofes , i . e . evidently in cafe of oppofition only . As to the ...
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... should con- ftantly attend that people , making them profper- ous and flourishing fo long as they preferved the purity of their religion , and involving them in national calamity and diftrefs whenever they de- parted from it , the ...
... should con- ftantly attend that people , making them profper- ous and flourishing fo long as they preferved the purity of their religion , and involving them in national calamity and diftrefs whenever they de- parted from it , the ...
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... should all be dead men , it may eafily be imagined , that they would have been as ready to give , as to lend them , whatever they should have asked .. It is alfo faid , that when they left the country , it was on a promise to return ...
... should all be dead men , it may eafily be imagined , that they would have been as ready to give , as to lend them , whatever they should have asked .. It is alfo faid , that when they left the country , it was on a promise to return ...
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Page 135 - For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) 6 But 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 by him.
Page 223 - And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them...
Page 312 - And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image ; these both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Page 311 - And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations : and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Page 168 - The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he delighteth in his way. "Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.
Page 154 - Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods : yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
Page 182 - All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Page 205 - No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us.
Page 311 - And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse ; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns ; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood : and his name is called The Word of God.
Page 144 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?