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... eternal than temporal happiness ; and we have equal reason to believe from man's present nature and acquired depravity , that what we call misfortune and ad- versity has in truth and reality a very strong ten- dency to invite and awaken ...
... eternal than temporal happiness ; and we have equal reason to believe from man's present nature and acquired depravity , that what we call misfortune and ad- versity has in truth and reality a very strong ten- dency to invite and awaken ...
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... eternal life , and to some eternal damnation is foreappointed . " Of all the impious opinions that have ever been promulgated to mankind , this is the most cal- culated not only to impair but to destroy faith , hope , and charity in the ...
... eternal life , and to some eternal damnation is foreappointed . " Of all the impious opinions that have ever been promulgated to mankind , this is the most cal- culated not only to impair but to destroy faith , hope , and charity in the ...
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... eternal destruction , to such a state of re- probation , as to doom them before their birth , or their having offended him , to a state of endless misery ? Such a conclusion is so false and foolish , that the unprejudiced reason of man ...
... eternal destruction , to such a state of re- probation , as to doom them before their birth , or their having offended him , to a state of endless misery ? Such a conclusion is so false and foolish , that the unprejudiced reason of man ...
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... eternal damnation ? -To this question the inevitable answer must be , that it was impossible God should act so unjustly . Is not , in your opinion , such a man as has been just described , a man who sincerely endeavours to fulfil his ...
... eternal damnation ? -To this question the inevitable answer must be , that it was impossible God should act so unjustly . Is not , in your opinion , such a man as has been just described , a man who sincerely endeavours to fulfil his ...
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... eternal punishment before they were born , and had in no respect offended him ? —I believe every rational candid person will be of opinion , the people so met and interrogated , of whatever religion or per- suasion they might be , would ...
... eternal punishment before they were born , and had in no respect offended him ? —I believe every rational candid person will be of opinion , the people so met and interrogated , of whatever religion or per- suasion they might be , would ...
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Page 240 - ... if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul ; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon-day; and the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones : and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Page 190 - And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee : therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God.
Page 240 - Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house ? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh...
Page 359 - I, even I, am he that comforteth you: Who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, And of the son of man which shall be made as grass...
Page 20 - He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
Page 240 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, From doing thy pleasure on my holy day ; And call the sabbath a delight, The holy of the Lord, honourable; And shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, Nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord...
Page 200 - Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
Page 289 - Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungered and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger and ye took me in ; naked and ye clothed me ; I was sick and ye visited me ; I was in prison and ye came unto me.
Page 228 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the Prophets.
Page 228 - Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.