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... forest of the Pyrenean mountains being set on fire , and the heat penetrating to the soil , a pure stream of silver gushed forth from the bosom of the earth , and revealed for the first time the existence of those xiv PREFACE .
... forest of the Pyrenean mountains being set on fire , and the heat penetrating to the soil , a pure stream of silver gushed forth from the bosom of the earth , and revealed for the first time the existence of those xiv PREFACE .
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... earth in the office of holding and concealing it ; but let the melting influence of the cross be felt , let the fire of the gospel be kindled in the church , and its ample stores shall be seen flowing forth from their hidden recesses ...
... earth in the office of holding and concealing it ; but let the melting influence of the cross be felt , let the fire of the gospel be kindled in the church , and its ample stores shall be seen flowing forth from their hidden recesses ...
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... earth become a battle - field in which the issues to be decided would be as numerous as the combat- ants , so that the conflict could end only with the destruction of every antagonist . There is , be it observed , a wide difference be ...
... earth become a battle - field in which the issues to be decided would be as numerous as the combat- ants , so that the conflict could end only with the destruction of every antagonist . There is , be it observed , a wide difference be ...
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... depths . The entire Godhead was - if with profound reverence it may be said- put into activity . The three glorious subsist- encies in the Divine Essence moved towards our C earth . Every attribute and distinction of the Divine Nature.
... depths . The entire Godhead was - if with profound reverence it may be said- put into activity . The three glorious subsist- encies in the Divine Essence moved towards our C earth . Every attribute and distinction of the Divine Nature.
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John Harris. earth . Every attribute and distinction of the Divine Nature was displayed : the Father , the Son , and the Holy Spirit , embarked their infinite treasures in the cause of human happiness . " God so loved the world , that he ...
John Harris. earth . Every attribute and distinction of the Divine Nature was displayed : the Father , the Son , and the Holy Spirit , embarked their infinite treasures in the cause of human happiness . " God so loved the world , that he ...
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Page 209 - Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia ; how that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
Page 94 - For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment ; and ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him ; Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor; Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool ; are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts...
Page 74 - And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Page 138 - BUT there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
Page 255 - Surely the isles shall wait for Me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the Name of the LORD thy GOD, and to the Holy One of Israel, because He hath glorified thee.
Page 225 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Page 139 - Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Page 184 - Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 138 - This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Page 140 - But now I have' written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.