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... Prophets of Israel 211 227 229 231 235 · 243 267 • 269 272 275 281 • 297 299 • The New Covenant Miracles in the Gospels 207 211 Miracles of the Apostles . State of the World at the Christian Era Miracles and Magnetism The Great Miracle ...
... Prophets of Israel 211 227 229 231 235 · 243 267 • 269 272 275 281 • 297 299 • The New Covenant Miracles in the Gospels 207 211 Miracles of the Apostles . State of the World at the Christian Era Miracles and Magnetism The Great Miracle ...
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... prophets , rather accuse the whole former world of folly and deceit than confess that they do not know how to grapple with undeniable facts , and who with their own statutes and foolish imaginations fall far short of the prudent ...
... prophets , rather accuse the whole former world of folly and deceit than confess that they do not know how to grapple with undeniable facts , and who with their own statutes and foolish imaginations fall far short of the prudent ...
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... prophetic illumination would decide only for the good ; that man has no natural impulse to prophesy , and that where a prognostication appears , except among orthodox devotees , it is a false prophesy in league with evil spirits , -a ...
... prophetic illumination would decide only for the good ; that man has no natural impulse to prophesy , and that where a prognostication appears , except among orthodox devotees , it is a false prophesy in league with evil spirits , -a ...
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... prophecy pervades all history , and springs from the lawful power of humanity itself , in which the impulse alone is occasional , proceeding either from nature or directly by God's choice . One must not be enamoured of prophecy , either ...
... prophecy pervades all history , and springs from the lawful power of humanity itself , in which the impulse alone is occasional , proceeding either from nature or directly by God's choice . One must not be enamoured of prophecy , either ...
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... prophets , which the prophet Samuel did not found , but only restored , whose end was no other than to lead the scholars to wisdom and the highest knowledge , and , when they had been found worthy , to induct them into the deeper ...
... prophets , which the prophet Samuel did not found , but only restored , whose end was no other than to lead the scholars to wisdom and the highest knowledge , and , when they had been found worthy , to induct them into the deeper ...
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Page 309 - But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
Page 102 - And he charged them that they should tell no man. But the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it, and were beyond measure astonished, saying, "He hath done all things well. He maketh both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak.
Page 278 - I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Page 171 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 307 - Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
Page 300 - The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
Page 297 - Now I say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all ; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world...
Page 303 - And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town ; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
Page 300 - And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
Page 302 - Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.