Works of the Rev. Robert Hall ...: With a Brief Memoir and a Sketch of His Literary Character, Volume 1Holdsworth and Ball, 1832 |
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... ment which related to the printing ; but would not consent that I should be his amanuensis on that occasion . The writing , therefore , he undertook himself , but with great reluctance , on account of the severe pain which even then ...
... ment which related to the printing ; but would not consent that I should be his amanuensis on that occasion . The writing , therefore , he undertook himself , but with great reluctance , on account of the severe pain which even then ...
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... ment , and a future world , are taught with sufficient clearness by the light of nature . BOLINGBROKE , and some of his successors , advanced much farther , and attempted to invalidate the proofs of the moral character of the Deity ...
... ment , and a future world , are taught with sufficient clearness by the light of nature . BOLINGBROKE , and some of his successors , advanced much farther , and attempted to invalidate the proofs of the moral character of the Deity ...
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... ment : not to say that crimes themselves will soon lose their infamy and their horror , under the in- fluence of that system which destroys the sanctity of virtue , by converting it into a low calculation of worldly interest . Here the ...
... ment : not to say that crimes themselves will soon lose their infamy and their horror , under the in- fluence of that system which destroys the sanctity of virtue , by converting it into a low calculation of worldly interest . Here the ...
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... ment of mankind , and intent only upon astonishing with the appearance of novelty , the glare of paradox will be preferred to the light of truth ; opinions will be embraced , not because they are just , but because they are new : the ...
... ment of mankind , and intent only upon astonishing with the appearance of novelty , the glare of paradox will be preferred to the light of truth ; opinions will be embraced , not because they are just , but because they are new : the ...
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... ment . The short - lived forms of power and office glided with such rapidity through successive ranks of degradation , from the court to the very dregs of the populace , that they seemed rather to solicit acceptance than to be a prize ...
... ment . The short - lived forms of power and office glided with such rapidity through successive ranks of degradation , from the court to the very dregs of the populace , that they seemed rather to solicit acceptance than to be a prize ...
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Page 511 - Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot...
Page 502 - I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth. While as yet He had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
Page 109 - Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink ; for they are worthy.
Page 229 - Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not ; but have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but, by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
Page 340 - The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Page 135 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 129 - religion ' means the love and wor"ship of God and the love and service of man. We believe the "Scripture that of a truth God is no respecter of persons, but that "in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is "accepted of Him.
Page 502 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth; when he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep; when he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment ; when he appointed the foundations of the earth : then I was by him, as one brought up with him; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of...
Page 494 - But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
Page 480 - For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them : but the word preached did not profit them , not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.