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... wisdom of God , and , at the same time , to exclaim against its exhibition in a regular form , as an atttempt to subject the oracles of Heaven to the rules of human wisdom , is conduct which ill befits men of judgment and learning , and ...
... wisdom of God , and , at the same time , to exclaim against its exhibition in a regular form , as an atttempt to subject the oracles of Heaven to the rules of human wisdom , is conduct which ill befits men of judgment and learning , and ...
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... wisdom as a husbandman would show , who should think only of the produce of his fields , without concerning himself with the quality of the soil , and the means of calling forth its vegetative powers . By others , it is looked upon as ...
... wisdom as a husbandman would show , who should think only of the produce of his fields , without concerning himself with the quality of the soil , and the means of calling forth its vegetative powers . By others , it is looked upon as ...
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... wisdom and love of God in redemption , but we shall feel no holy admira tion of the one , no animating and melting sense of the other . The want of piety may even prove an obstacle to the fairness and success of our specula- tive ...
... wisdom and love of God in redemption , but we shall feel no holy admira tion of the one , no animating and melting sense of the other . The want of piety may even prove an obstacle to the fairness and success of our specula- tive ...
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... wisdom . We are apt to impose upon ourselves , or to be imposed upon by others , when we are thinking of the heathen philoso- phers . We look upon them as a set of sages , who spent their days in the study and practice of virtue . But ...
... wisdom . We are apt to impose upon ourselves , or to be imposed upon by others , when we are thinking of the heathen philoso- phers . We look upon them as a set of sages , who spent their days in the study and practice of virtue . But ...
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... wisdom be found ? and where is the place of understanding ? Man knoweth not the price thereof ; neither is it found in the land of the living . The depth saith , it is not in me ; and the sea saith , it is not with me . " " Whence then ...
... wisdom be found ? and where is the place of understanding ? Man knoweth not the price thereof ; neither is it found in the land of the living . The depth saith , it is not in me ; and the sea saith , it is not with me . " " Whence then ...
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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.