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... purposes , inas . much as they are not the effects of what is called blind
Chance , but of that unerring Providence , which graciously conducts all events to
the general good of the creature , and the final completion of virtue and
happiness .
... purposes , inas . much as they are not the effects of what is called blind
Chance , but of that unerring Providence , which graciously conducts all events to
the general good of the creature , and the final completion of virtue and
happiness .
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If , therefore , it is one great design of all affliction , to bring us to such a
remenbrance , and make us examine into the state of our own souls , I think I may
be permitted to beseech you , by your hopes of 10 immortal glory and happiness ,
not to ...
If , therefore , it is one great design of all affliction , to bring us to such a
remenbrance , and make us examine into the state of our own souls , I think I may
be permitted to beseech you , by your hopes of 10 immortal glory and happiness ,
not to ...
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immortal glory and happiness , not to be blind and deaf to the repeated warnings
given you by your kind parent God . Though the aMictions do not happen
immediately to you , they happen for you ; and though all seems well at present ,
which ...
immortal glory and happiness , not to be blind and deaf to the repeated warnings
given you by your kind parent God . Though the aMictions do not happen
immediately to you , they happen for you ; and though all seems well at present ,
which ...
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Our faith , after death , shall be swallowed up in vision , and our hope in fruition ;
but our charity shall live for ever , and be a main ingredient in our happiness
through the endless ages of eternity , • The Revd . Dr . Richard Peters was
elected ...
Our faith , after death , shall be swallowed up in vision , and our hope in fruition ;
but our charity shall live for ever , and be a main ingredient in our happiness
through the endless ages of eternity , • The Revd . Dr . Richard Peters was
elected ...
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... let us take for our example the virtue and goodness of our departed friends ,
and be persuaded that there is no honour , no happiness to be acquired here on
earth , equal an to that which we derive from acting our part with 48 SERMON III .
... let us take for our example the virtue and goodness of our departed friends ,
and be persuaded that there is no honour , no happiness to be acquired here on
earth , equal an to that which we derive from acting our part with 48 SERMON III .
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Page 50 - AND I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud : and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire : 2 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...
Page 179 - 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 163 - But of that day and hour knoweth no man ; no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Page 163 - The Son of Man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity ; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire ; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Page 159 - Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
Page 84 - Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: come on, let us deal wisely with them ; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and...
Page 85 - And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Page 50 - And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer...
Page 138 - This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
Page 20 - The Lord giveth, and the Lord ' taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord.
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| Title | The Works of William Smith, D. D.: Late Provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia, Volume 1 The Works of William Smith, D. D.: Late Provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia, William Smith |
| Author | William Smith |
| Publisher | Hugh Maxwell and William Fry, no. 25, North Second-Street, 1803 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 14 Jul 2006 |
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