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... . Not that , even in the original and perfect state of his intellectual powers , he was left to demon- ftrate the being of a God , either a priori , or a pofte- rieri . # riori . His Creator , we find , immediately 16 THE CREATION OF MAN .
... . Not that , even in the original and perfect state of his intellectual powers , he was left to demon- ftrate the being of a God , either a priori , or a pofte- rieri . # riori . His Creator , we find , immediately 16 THE CREATION OF MAN .
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... state of probation , God has been pleased to- make the inlets of our ideas . They must therefore be represented and defcribed to us , in the way of comparison and analogy , by fuch language as is commonly styled figurative , or ...
... state of probation , God has been pleased to- make the inlets of our ideas . They must therefore be represented and defcribed to us , in the way of comparison and analogy , by fuch language as is commonly styled figurative , or ...
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... state of darkness from which it pleased the Father of lights , in mer- cy , to deliver us , by the Gofpel of his Son . But to return to the Mofaic account of man , of whose distinguishing excellencies we are taught to entertain the most ...
... state of darkness from which it pleased the Father of lights , in mer- cy , to deliver us , by the Gofpel of his Son . But to return to the Mofaic account of man , of whose distinguishing excellencies we are taught to entertain the most ...
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... state ; nothing can be added to it , or taken from it . Such , then , was Adam , in the day when God crowned him king in Eden , and invested him with fovereignty over the works of his hands , giving him " dominion over the fifh of the ...
... state ; nothing can be added to it , or taken from it . Such , then , was Adam , in the day when God crowned him king in Eden , and invested him with fovereignty over the works of his hands , giving him " dominion over the fifh of the ...
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... state . " The Affyrian was a cedar in Lebanon , fair of branches , and with a sha- dowing shroud , and of an high stature , and his top was among the thick boughs . The waters made him great , the deep fet him up on high , with her ...
... state . " The Affyrian was a cedar in Lebanon , fair of branches , and with a sha- dowing shroud , and of an high stature , and his top was among the thick boughs . The waters made him great , the deep fet him up on high , with her ...
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Page 191 - And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country ; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat : and no man gave unto him.
Page 157 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 66 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
Page 97 - Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Then said I, "Lo, I come:" in the volume of the book it is written of me, "I delight to do thy will, O my God." Yea, thy law is within my heart: I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.
Page 122 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Page 140 - And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, 3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
Page 57 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand ; and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every...
Page 104 - JOHN to the seven churches which are in Asia : Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come...
Page 59 - But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping ; and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the sepulchre, and seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
Page 191 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD...