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... regard the supreme God , as being from ever- lasting to everlasting in the highest exercise of all his attributes , we lay the foundation of endless dispute re- specting the purposes of God , and fatal delusion respect- ing the ...
... regard the supreme God , as being from ever- lasting to everlasting in the highest exercise of all his attributes , we lay the foundation of endless dispute re- specting the purposes of God , and fatal delusion respect- ing the ...
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... longest and the shortest conceivable periods would have , in regard to us , the same duration . But the Scriptures describe the Supreme Being ㄧ as absolutely immutable : they declare that with him 18 DOCTRINE OF PREDESTINATION INFERRED.
... longest and the shortest conceivable periods would have , in regard to us , the same duration . But the Scriptures describe the Supreme Being ㄧ as absolutely immutable : they declare that with him 18 DOCTRINE OF PREDESTINATION INFERRED.
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... regard to all voluntary movements , God is not necessarily active at all . That this is not true , is evident ; for power , wisdom , goodness , and justice are attributes , the exercise of which is under the control of the will , and is ...
... regard to all voluntary movements , God is not necessarily active at all . That this is not true , is evident ; for power , wisdom , goodness , and justice are attributes , the exercise of which is under the control of the will , and is ...
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... thing that has life , may supply its wants from sources within its reach and suited to its nature . The same is true in regard to ra- tional beings ; they have connections , not only with 40 NECESSARY EXISTENCE OF MORAL EVIL .
... thing that has life , may supply its wants from sources within its reach and suited to its nature . The same is true in regard to ra- tional beings ; they have connections , not only with 40 NECESSARY EXISTENCE OF MORAL EVIL .
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... how the Holy Ghost could have put forth his almighty energies in exe- cuting the orders of the Son and fulfilling the pur- poses of the Father . 2. We may regard as necessary results of the fact NECESSARY EXISTENCE OF MORAL EVIL . 51.
... how the Holy Ghost could have put forth his almighty energies in exe- cuting the orders of the Son and fulfilling the pur- poses of the Father . 2. We may regard as necessary results of the fact NECESSARY EXISTENCE OF MORAL EVIL . 51.
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Page 308 - And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. And he was afraid and said, How dreadful is this place! This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Page 233 - Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.
Page 319 - And when the builders laid the foundation of the Temple of the Lord, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.
Page 167 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Page 142 - If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land : but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword : for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Page 158 - Wash you, make you clean ; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; Cease to do evil; learn to do well; Seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Page 126 - ... that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe according to the working of his mighty power, .which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead...
Page 233 - What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it ? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
Page 266 - When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child : but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face : now I know in part ; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Page 68 - But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth ; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.