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... present state , which opposes our pleasures , and which at first sight appears contrary to com- mon sense , is that which has subsisted from the beginning . The whole arrangement of things ought to turn on the establishment and grandeur ...
... present state , which opposes our pleasures , and which at first sight appears contrary to com- mon sense , is that which has subsisted from the beginning . The whole arrangement of things ought to turn on the establishment and grandeur ...
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... present state and condition of men ! Still a feeble instinct remains of the felicity of their primitive nature , while they are plunged in the miseries of their own blindness and lust , which is now their second nature . From the ...
... present state and condition of men ! Still a feeble instinct remains of the felicity of their primitive nature , while they are plunged in the miseries of their own blindness and lust , which is now their second nature . From the ...
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... present , and which neither the present nor the absent can bestow upon him ; because this infinite gulph is only to be filled by an infinite and immutable object ? It is nevertheless astonishing , that of all mysteries , that which ...
... present , and which neither the present nor the absent can bestow upon him ; because this infinite gulph is only to be filled by an infinite and immutable object ? It is nevertheless astonishing , that of all mysteries , that which ...
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... of their present infirmity ? For not discerning the whole truth , it was impossible for them to arrive at perfect virtue ; some looking upon nature as uncorrupt , and others as irrecoverable , they 30 THOUGHTS ON RELIGION .
... of their present infirmity ? For not discerning the whole truth , it was impossible for them to arrive at perfect virtue ; some looking upon nature as uncorrupt , and others as irrecoverable , they 30 THOUGHTS ON RELIGION .
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... present capa- city , and the knowledge of them would be of no use to deliver us from our miseries . All that is of im- portance for us to know is this , that through Adam we are miserable , depraved , and at a distance from God ; but ...
... present capa- city , and the knowledge of them would be of no use to deliver us from our miseries . All that is of im- portance for us to know is this , that through Adam we are miserable , depraved , and at a distance from God ; but ...
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Page 99 - I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing : therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live...
Page 137 - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Page 164 - Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.
Page 279 - And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
Page 139 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Page 58 - Who is wise, and he shall understand these things ? prudent, and he shall know them ? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them : but the transgressors shall fall therein.
Page 152 - I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
Page 99 - And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Page 99 - And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
Page 283 - ... it is God who worketh in us, both to will and to do of his good pleasure.