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... observe , that not a single fact in the history of mankind can be adduced in confirmation of them . They are an ... observation and experience . The question is not , what should be , according to our ideas of justice and fitness , but ...
... observe , that not a single fact in the history of mankind can be adduced in confirmation of them . They are an ... observation and experience . The question is not , what should be , according to our ideas of justice and fitness , but ...
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... observe , that little as reason has done , we have no evidence that it could have done so much , if all aid had been withheld , and it had been left to work out its discoveries alone . But its solitary strength has not been fairly tried ...
... observe , that little as reason has done , we have no evidence that it could have done so much , if all aid had been withheld , and it had been left to work out its discoveries alone . But its solitary strength has not been fairly tried ...
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... observing the apparent tendency of his works , and say , that in subordination to the display of his perfections , it is the diffusion of happiness : but how shall we ascer- tain , except by information from himself , what is his design ...
... observing the apparent tendency of his works , and say , that in subordination to the display of his perfections , it is the diffusion of happiness : but how shall we ascer- tain , except by information from himself , what is his design ...
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... observation and experience . Hence it is evident , that a revelation would facilitate the acquisition of know- ledge to all , and particularly to those whose intellectual faculties were originally not strong , and had not been improved ...
... observation and experience . Hence it is evident , that a revelation would facilitate the acquisition of know- ledge to all , and particularly to those whose intellectual faculties were originally not strong , and had not been improved ...
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... observe them , and knew nothing about them ? In what archives were they deposited ? In what secret place have they so long lain concealed ? How came you to discover them ? And what evidence do you produce to convince us that they were ...
... observe them , and knew nothing about them ? In what archives were they deposited ? In what secret place have they so long lain concealed ? How came you to discover them ? And what evidence do you produce to convince us that they were ...
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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.