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... communication , not immediate , indeed , like the revelations which were made to the prophets , but proceeding as certainly from the Father of lights . Whatever blessing is ob- tained by the use of means with which Providence has ...
... communication , not immediate , indeed , like the revelations which were made to the prophets , but proceeding as certainly from the Father of lights . Whatever blessing is ob- tained by the use of means with which Providence has ...
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... communicating the result of its inquiries by accurate arrangement , and perspicuous exposi- tion . It is a strange and unfounded notion , that theology is an inferior study , and that those may succeed in it who are disqualified for any ...
... communicating the result of its inquiries by accurate arrangement , and perspicuous exposi- tion . It is a strange and unfounded notion , that theology is an inferior study , and that those may succeed in it who are disqualified for any ...
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... communications of his will . Secondly , reason may signify the intellectual powers of man in his present state , when he feels the effects of the fall in all his faculties , and both his mind and conscience are defiled . It is with ...
... communications of his will . Secondly , reason may signify the intellectual powers of man in his present state , when he feels the effects of the fall in all his faculties , and both his mind and conscience are defiled . It is with ...
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... communications of whose will they were ignorant , it had little or no power over conscience ; and the motives with which it was enforced , were not of sufficient efficacy to counteract the innate propensity to evil , and to overcome the ...
... communications of whose will they were ignorant , it had little or no power over conscience ; and the motives with which it was enforced , were not of sufficient efficacy to counteract the innate propensity to evil , and to overcome the ...
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... communication , and by its actual execution . Whether Job speaks of it or not , the following words will admit of an easy application to it . " Where shall wisdom be found ? and where is the place of understanding ? Man knoweth not the ...
... communication , and by its actual execution . Whether Job speaks of it or not , the following words will admit of an easy application to it . " Where shall wisdom be found ? and where is the place of understanding ? Man knoweth not the ...
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Page 291 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord our Righteousness.
Page 498 - Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law, ROMANS 4 1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
Page 319 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a king shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Page 494 - But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Page 509 - For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
Page 520 - My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Page 71 - Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this ? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk...
Page 510 - How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
Page 365 - Remember the former things of old: For I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times the things that are not yet done, Saying, My counsel shall stand, And I will do all my pleasure...
Page 493 - Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Then said I, "Lo, I come:" in the volume of the book it is written of me, "I delight to do thy will, O my God." Yea, thy law is within my heart: I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.