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... to govern them in fuch a way as is agreeable to the Nature he has given them and fince Man , who is a free Agent , can be governed only by Hopeş and and Fears , God would never have made man , 8 A Practical Difcourfe concerning.
... to govern them in fuch a way as is agreeable to the Nature he has given them and fince Man , who is a free Agent , can be governed only by Hopeş and and Fears , God would never have made man , 8 A Practical Difcourfe concerning.
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William Sherlock. and Fears , God would never have made man , had he not intended to judge him ; that is , he would never have made fuch a Creature as can be governed only by the hope of Rewards , and by the fear of Punishments , had he ...
William Sherlock. and Fears , God would never have made man , had he not intended to judge him ; that is , he would never have made fuch a Creature as can be governed only by the hope of Rewards , and by the fear of Punishments , had he ...
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... never do what is wife or good : Such dormant and unactive Per- fections are a contradiction to the very notion of a God , whofe Nature is a pure and fimple Act , all all Life and Energy ; if he be good , Fature JUDGMENT . 13.
... never do what is wife or good : Such dormant and unactive Per- fections are a contradiction to the very notion of a God , whofe Nature is a pure and fimple Act , all all Life and Energy ; if he be good , Fature JUDGMENT . 13.
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... hurtful to them : And will any Man deny this ? This is the Good . and Evil , which is in the Nature of Things , and fo immutably there , that all the Art and Power of of the World , can never alter them without al- Future JUDGMENT . 15.
... hurtful to them : And will any Man deny this ? This is the Good . and Evil , which is in the Nature of Things , and fo immutably there , that all the Art and Power of of the World , can never alter them without al- Future JUDGMENT . 15.
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William Sherlock. of the World , can never alter them without al- tering the nature of things ; cannot make that good which is hurtful , nor that hurtful which is good ; which is all the Good and Evil which I know of : for whereas we ...
William Sherlock. of the World , can never alter them without al- tering the nature of things ; cannot make that good which is hurtful , nor that hurtful which is good ; which is all the Good and Evil which I know of : for whereas we ...
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Page 363 - And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell : for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
Page 260 - ... and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb...
Page 247 - Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; the field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one...
Page 313 - Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Page 345 - Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungred and ye gave me meat, I was thirsty and ye gave me drink, I was a stranger and ye took me in; naked and ye clothed me, I was sick and ye visited me, I was in prison and ye came unto me.
Page 220 - But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 44 Therefore be ye also ready : for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh.
Page 363 - Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Page 316 - Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God ? Be not deceived : neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Page 150 - And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom : the rich man also died, and was buried...
Page 101 - Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts : and then shall every man have praise of God.