Theology: Explained and Defended, in a Series of Sermons, Volume 1S. Converse, 1825 - Theology, Doctrinal |
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... universe must sustain important relations ; and out of these relations , must necessarily arise to intelligent beings a variety of duties , immediately , and alway owed to him . Were there no such Being , there could be no such ...
... universe must sustain important relations ; and out of these relations , must necessarily arise to intelligent beings a variety of duties , immediately , and alway owed to him . Were there no such Being , there could be no such ...
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... universe without us , and in the little world within us , we perceive a great variety of effects , produced by some cause , adequate to the pro- duction . Thus the motions of the heart , arteries , veins , and other vessels ; of the ...
... universe without us , and in the little world within us , we perceive a great variety of effects , produced by some cause , adequate to the pro- duction . Thus the motions of the heart , arteries , veins , and other vessels ; of the ...
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... universe , is plainly derived ; because it is a change in the former state of things , commencing , continuing , and termina- ting ; and , as it is impossible that any being should commence its own existence , derived certainly from an ...
... universe , is plainly derived ; because it is a change in the former state of things , commencing , continuing , and termina- ting ; and , as it is impossible that any being should commence its own existence , derived certainly from an ...
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... universe . Of what character does this exhibition declare him to be possessed ? He is plainly self - existent . All other beings are derived , and begin to be . He only is underived , and without beginning of days , or end of years ...
... universe . Of what character does this exhibition declare him to be possessed ? He is plainly self - existent . All other beings are derived , and begin to be . He only is underived , and without beginning of days , or end of years ...
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... universe of minds , he formed , he pre- serves , he animates , and he directs , all the mysterious and won- derful powers of knowledge , virtue , and moral action , which fill up the infinite extent of his immense and eternal empire ...
... universe of minds , he formed , he pre- serves , he animates , and he directs , all the mysterious and won- derful powers of knowledge , virtue , and moral action , which fill up the infinite extent of his immense and eternal empire ...
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Page 329 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
Page 467 - Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many wounded : yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Page 520 - But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man, for he knew what was in man.
Page 467 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Page 213 - Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
Page 173 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth He any man. But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Page 512 - BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me : and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple; even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in; behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 525 - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Page 525 - And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed. And Jesus seeing their faith, said unto the sick of the palsy ; Son, be of good cheer ; thy sins be forgiven thee.
Page 517 - I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day; and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, saying; I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last...