Dissertations on some parts of the Old and New Testaments, which have been supposed unsuitable to the divine attributes |
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... sent writer and the public a service in cor- recting any mistakes , which may have been made in the attempt now submitted to the favourable acceptance of the reader . TABLE OF CONTENTS . DISSERTATION I. INTRODUCTION . - SUBJECTS viii ...
... sent writer and the public a service in cor- recting any mistakes , which may have been made in the attempt now submitted to the favourable acceptance of the reader . TABLE OF CONTENTS . DISSERTATION I. INTRODUCTION . - SUBJECTS viii ...
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... sent and future happiness , as an antiquated roll ; but also wrest the record itself to the defence of crimes the most destructive of the peace of society ; and allege the histories , which it pre- serves , in serious justification of ...
... sent and future happiness , as an antiquated roll ; but also wrest the record itself to the defence of crimes the most destructive of the peace of society ; and allege the histories , which it pre- serves , in serious justification of ...
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... sent condition as well as our future one . act of grace , according to Scripture , has been passed upon us by the intervention of a media- tor ( as almost all the blessings of the present life come to us by the means of others , ) and ...
... sent condition as well as our future one . act of grace , according to Scripture , has been passed upon us by the intervention of a media- tor ( as almost all the blessings of the present life come to us by the means of others , ) and ...
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... sent the Assyrian " to destroy the Israelites ; and then declares he will punish him for doing it . But with this distinction in mind , there is no real inconsistency . Sin and death were the choice of the Israelites themselves ; the ...
... sent the Assyrian " to destroy the Israelites ; and then declares he will punish him for doing it . But with this distinction in mind , there is no real inconsistency . Sin and death were the choice of the Israelites themselves ; the ...
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... sent me here : " by which he does not mean to deny that his brothers had sent him thither , for he ex- pressly says so , ver . 5 ; but to ascribe the whole to his providence , who had so wonderfully made use of their sin to the ...
... sent me here : " by which he does not mean to deny that his brothers had sent him thither , for he ex- pressly says so , ver . 5 ; but to ascribe the whole to his providence , who had so wonderfully made use of their sin to the ...
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Page 74 - I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation : and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing : and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
Page 66 - Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods : yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
Page 63 - Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
Page 267 - For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Page 217 - Now the just shall live by faith : but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition ; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
Page 245 - Who is the image of the invisible God, the first born of every creature : For by him were all things created that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers, all things were created by him and for him : And he is before all things, and by him all things consist...
Page 330 - And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had : and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
Page 231 - For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Page 54 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God : for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man : but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Page 58 - And he said, Go, and tell this people, HEAR ye indeed, but understand not; And see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, And make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes ; Lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.