The Christian's prospect; or, A cursory survey of the revelations of Scripture respecting the blessedness of the righteous in the future state |
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... language which has sometimes been used , condemnatory of the sentiments very generally held by christians , has generated feelings by no means in accordance with the sacredness of the subject ; if it has not been laid hold of by some ...
... language which has sometimes been used , condemnatory of the sentiments very generally held by christians , has generated feelings by no means in accordance with the sacredness of the subject ; if it has not been laid hold of by some ...
Page vii
... language of inspiration which it does not seem naturally to bear . As all such discussions are useful only in as far as they promote the interests of personal religion , he has devoted a considerable portion of the volume to practical ...
... language of inspiration which it does not seem naturally to bear . As all such discussions are useful only in as far as they promote the interests of personal religion , he has devoted a considerable portion of the volume to practical ...
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... it - to give a point to their arguments and to use a style of language which could not have been suggested to the minds of those who had no know- ledge of the evidence by which that conviction was produced B 2 INTRODUCTION . XI.
... it - to give a point to their arguments and to use a style of language which could not have been suggested to the minds of those who had no know- ledge of the evidence by which that conviction was produced B 2 INTRODUCTION . XI.
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... language which , in some instances , is employed by the sacred writers respecting its state in the unseen world . Notwithstanding the difficulties with which some consider the subject to be invested , it is not a little remarkable that ...
... language which , in some instances , is employed by the sacred writers respecting its state in the unseen world . Notwithstanding the difficulties with which some consider the subject to be invested , it is not a little remarkable that ...
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... language of these passages , or that any confusion is introduced into the context by supposing , that the term sleep is used by the writers in them all to denote the state of absolute inactivity to which the body is reduced by the ...
... language of these passages , or that any confusion is introduced into the context by supposing , that the term sleep is used by the writers in them all to denote the state of absolute inactivity to which the body is reduced by the ...
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Page 204 - But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with ? They say unto him, We are able.
Page 29 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell ; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Page 256 - And I saw no temple therein : for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. **And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it : for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Page 137 - Fur behold I create new heavens, and a new earth; and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create : for behold I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a, joy.
Page 78 - Like sheep they are laid in the grave ; death shall feed on them ; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning ; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave : for he shall receive me.
Page 257 - And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
Page 72 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 128 - And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
Page 208 - But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
Page 207 - His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.