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... thing which he had not before attended to , it will not be in the observations upon the constitution and course of ... things to be of little importance , which are of any real weight at all , upon such a subject as religion . However ...
... thing which he had not before attended to , it will not be in the observations upon the constitution and course of ... things to be of little importance , which are of any real weight at all , upon such a subject as religion . However ...
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... things and dispensation of Providence , which experi- ence , together with reason , informs us of , i.e. the known ... thing which is ana- logical or similar to what is in the latter , which is acknowledged to be from him ; for an Author ...
... things and dispensation of Providence , which experi- ence , together with reason , informs us of , i.e. the known ... thing which is ana- logical or similar to what is in the latter , which is acknowledged to be from him ; for an Author ...
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... things would be most friendly and assistant to virtue , or what means might be absolutely necessary to produce the most happiness in a system of such extent as our own world may be , taking in all that is past and to come , though we ...
... things would be most friendly and assistant to virtue , or what means might be absolutely necessary to produce the most happiness in a system of such extent as our own world may be , taking in all that is past and to come , though we ...
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... things . appear- ing to us strange , and not to have been expected ; § a dispensation of Providence , which is a scheme or system of things , || carried on by the mediation of a divine person , the Messiah , in order to the reco very of ...
... things . appear- ing to us strange , and not to have been expected ; § a dispensation of Providence , which is a scheme or system of things , || carried on by the mediation of a divine person , the Messiah , in order to the reco very of ...
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... things , appear- ing to us strange , and not to have been expected ; § a dispensation of Providence , which is a scheme or system of things , || carried on by the mediation of a divine person , the Messiah , in order to the reco- very ...
... things , appear- ing to us strange , and not to have been expected ; § a dispensation of Providence , which is a scheme or system of things , || carried on by the mediation of a divine person , the Messiah , in order to the reco- very ...
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Page 209 - For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Page 211 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying ; Blessing and honour and glory and power be unto him that sitteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 209 - Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
Page 5 - Origen* has with singular sagacity observed, that "he who believes the Scripture to have proceeded from him who is the Author of nature, may well expect to find the same sort of difficulties in it as are found in the constitution of nature.
Page 181 - ... searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven ; which things the angels desire to look into.
Page 209 - By the which will we are sanctified, through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily ministering, and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices which can never take away sins. But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down on the right hand of God; from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
Page 35 - Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh ; when your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind ; when distress and anguish cometh upon you : then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me...
Page 253 - And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Page 36 - Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me; For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord: They would none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.