Eruvin; Or, Miscellaneous Essays on Subjects Connected with the Nature, History, and Destiny of Man |
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... reader that whatever revelation it has pleased God to make by any one of these modes , it has been insepa- rably linked with one or more of the others ; and , without intending to pursue the subject in detail , I have just premised ...
... reader that whatever revelation it has pleased God to make by any one of these modes , it has been insepa- rably linked with one or more of the others ; and , without intending to pursue the subject in detail , I have just premised ...
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... reader has probably met with many persons professing religion , and , at the same time , openly avowing that they never at- tempted to understand those prophecies which they consider as unfulfilled - who told him with complacency , that ...
... reader has probably met with many persons professing religion , and , at the same time , openly avowing that they never at- tempted to understand those prophecies which they consider as unfulfilled - who told him with complacency , that ...
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... readers of the Bible . " 1. We are sometimes told that " we ought " not to attempt to pry into things which are " not revealed . " Why no , to be sure ; we ought not to attempt to do anything which com- mon sense pronounces at once to ...
... readers of the Bible . " 1. We are sometimes told that " we ought " not to attempt to pry into things which are " not revealed . " Why no , to be sure ; we ought not to attempt to do anything which com- mon sense pronounces at once to ...
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... reader who may be inclined to argue in this way , and I ask him on his conscience , whether he is as well acquainted with the books of the prophets , and as capable of judging what is , and what is not , revealed in them , or what ...
... reader who may be inclined to argue in this way , and I ask him on his conscience , whether he is as well acquainted with the books of the prophets , and as capable of judging what is , and what is not , revealed in them , or what ...
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... reader of Scripture from searching what God may have revealed on these points , by telling him that he is not to pry into futurity , not to indulge his curiosity about the fulfilment of unaccomplished prophecy , I venture to say , that ...
... reader of Scripture from searching what God may have revealed on these points , by telling him that he is not to pry into futurity , not to indulge his curiosity about the fulfilment of unaccomplished prophecy , I venture to say , that ...
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Page 256 - 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...
Page 137 - For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly...
Page 142 - Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Page 119 - AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Page 47 - All things to man's delightful use. The roof Of thickest covert was inwoven shade, Laurel and myrtle, and what higher grew Of firm and fragrant leaf ; on either side Acanthus, and each odorous bushy shrub, Fenced up the verdant wall ; each beauteous flower, Iris all hues, roses and jessamine, Reared high their flourished heads between, and wrought Mosaic ; underfoot the violet, Crocus, and hyacinth, with rich inlay Broidered the ground, more coloured than with stone Of costliest emblem...
Page 102 - The infernal Serpent ; he it was whose guile, Stirred up with envy and revenge, deceived The mother of mankind, what time his pride Had cast him out from Heaven, with all his host Of rebel Angels, by whose aid, aspiring To set himself in glory...
Page 70 - But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, " Fear not : for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name ; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee ; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee ; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned ; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour : I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia...
Page 138 - ... the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished ; but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government.
Page 69 - Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle : and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not ; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
Page 221 - For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.