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... necessary . Human architects sometimes try their machines , before presenting them to the public eye , but the great Artificer of the uni- verse had no need of such precautions . When he made the world , he was under no necessity of ...
... necessary . Human architects sometimes try their machines , before presenting them to the public eye , but the great Artificer of the uni- verse had no need of such precautions . When he made the world , he was under no necessity of ...
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... necessary for both , in order that their characters might be formed and tried , and they be prepared for the judg- ment and the final state . A state of probation is also needed , in order to the full developement of character - that ...
... necessary for both , in order that their characters might be formed and tried , and they be prepared for the judg- ment and the final state . A state of probation is also needed , in order to the full developement of character - that ...
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... necessary , therefore , in order that their characters may be duly formed , and ade- quately developed , and they be fitted for the awards of the judgment and the retributions of eternity , that they should be placed for a time on trial ...
... necessary , therefore , in order that their characters may be duly formed , and ade- quately developed , and they be fitted for the awards of the judgment and the retributions of eternity , that they should be placed for a time on trial ...
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... necessary that we should be tried . But what trial could there be , in regard to the Divine authority of our sacred books , if the evidence in their favor were such that no mortal could resist it ? God has given all necessary evidence ...
... necessary that we should be tried . But what trial could there be , in regard to the Divine authority of our sacred books , if the evidence in their favor were such that no mortal could resist it ? God has given all necessary evidence ...
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... necessary that such a thing should be possible , in order that the present life might be , what it was intended to be , a state of trial . A similar course of remark may be pursued in regard to the doctrines of the Bible . The great and ...
... necessary that such a thing should be possible , in order that the present life might be , what it was intended to be , a state of trial . A similar course of remark may be pursued in regard to the doctrines of the Bible . The great and ...
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Page 80 - Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Page 74 - For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit : by which also He went and preached unto the spirits in prison...
Page 78 - O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
Page 104 - For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Page 66 - But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things : but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed : so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
Page 104 - IF there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams...
Page 56 - ... even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs, and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Page 72 - For as many as have sinned without law, shall also perish without law; and as many as have sinned in the law, shall be judged by the law.
Page v - Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
Page 105 - And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast...