Discourses on the Christian revelation, viewed in connection with the modern astronomyR. Carter, 1840 |
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... throne , would he cast a penetrating glance at the whole speculation , and bid its gaudy insignificance away from him . But let us pass onward to another case , which , though as imaginary as the former , may still serve the purpose of ...
... throne , would he cast a penetrating glance at the whole speculation , and bid its gaudy insignificance away from him . But let us pass onward to another case , which , though as imaginary as the former , may still serve the purpose of ...
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... throne of the Eternal . For any thing he can tell , the redemption proclaimed to us is not one solitary instance , or not the whole of that redemption which is by the Son of God - but only our part in a plan of mercy , equal in ...
... throne of the Eternal . For any thing he can tell , the redemption proclaimed to us is not one solitary instance , or not the whole of that redemption which is by the Son of God - but only our part in a plan of mercy , equal in ...
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... throne , has issued an act of grace so magnificent , as to carry the tidings of life and of acceptance to the unnumbered orbs of a sinful creation . " For any thing he can tell , the Eternal Son , of whom it is said , that by Him the ...
... throne , has issued an act of grace so magnificent , as to carry the tidings of life and of acceptance to the unnumbered orbs of a sinful creation . " For any thing he can tell , the Eternal Son , of whom it is said , that by Him the ...
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... throne , He should leave the strayed and solitary world to perish in the guilt of its rebellion . But , would it not throw the softening of a most exquisite tender- ness over the character of God , should we see Him VOL . VII . D ...
... throne , He should leave the strayed and solitary world to perish in the guilt of its rebellion . But , would it not throw the softening of a most exquisite tender- ness over the character of God , should we see Him VOL . VII . D ...
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... throne , an untravelled immensity , which He hath filled with innumerable splendours , and over the whole face of which he hath inscribed the evidence of His high attributes , in all their might , and in all their manifestation . But ...
... throne , an untravelled immensity , which He hath filled with innumerable splendours , and over the whole face of which he hath inscribed the evidence of His high attributes , in all their might , and in all their manifestation . But ...
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Page 191 - The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb...
Page 188 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Page 360 - For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Page 194 - Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it, 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
Page 190 - But ye are come unto Mount Zion ; and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem ; and to an innumerable company of angels ; to the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven ; and to God, the Judge of all; and to the spirits of just men made perfect...
Page 191 - And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer...
Page 186 - And men shall speak of the might of Thy terrible acts : And I will declare Thy greatness.
Page 194 - ... feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power ? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart ? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
Page 199 - 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 189 - Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: but he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.