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... consequence of enabling us to appreciate more fully the blessings of civilization . To the first hymns addressed to the Deity , we may * Urit enim fulgore suo qui pręgravat artes , Infra se positas ; extinctus amabitur idem . - Horace ...
... consequence of enabling us to appreciate more fully the blessings of civilization . To the first hymns addressed to the Deity , we may * Urit enim fulgore suo qui pręgravat artes , Infra se positas ; extinctus amabitur idem . - Horace ...
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... consequences . And , in support of this assertion , they have brought forward every specious argument , which their sophistry could supply . But those who have pursued their enquiries respecting the miracles of our blessed Lord with ...
... consequences . And , in support of this assertion , they have brought forward every specious argument , which their sophistry could supply . But those who have pursued their enquiries respecting the miracles of our blessed Lord with ...
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... consequence of his having foretold that event . For we cannot listen with patience to the opinion , that a Being , as wise and benevolent as he is omnipotent , should arbitrarily select one portion of the human race for eternal ...
... consequence of his having foretold that event . For we cannot listen with patience to the opinion , that a Being , as wise and benevolent as he is omnipotent , should arbitrarily select one portion of the human race for eternal ...
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... consequence of having discovered that he was an impostor . Or else , say they , the consider- ation of his power and knowledge , as the Son of God , would have terrified him from doing it . But this frivo- lous objection is at once ...
... consequence of having discovered that he was an impostor . Or else , say they , the consider- ation of his power and knowledge , as the Son of God , would have terrified him from doing it . But this frivo- lous objection is at once ...
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... consequence of the difficulty of supposing that the body of La- zarus was so involved , that he could not readily come forth from the tomb , some commentators have imagined it to be more probable , that the body was only slightly ...
... consequence of the difficulty of supposing that the body of La- zarus was so involved , that he could not readily come forth from the tomb , some commentators have imagined it to be more probable , that the body was only slightly ...
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Page 45 - And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes : and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
Page 10 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 26 - Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him. But whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Page 152 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, "Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled;" notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Page 141 - Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Page 158 - MY God, I am Thine, what a comfort divine, What a blessing to know that my Jesus is mine ! In the heavenly Lamb thrice happy I am, And my heart it doth dance at the sound of His name.
Page 31 - For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Page 32 - The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed ! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
Page 36 - And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? 47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.