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... expect from God , and what we must attribute to him in the Government of Nature : We muft not ex- pect in ordinary Cafes , that God fhould reverse the Laws of Nature for us ; that if we leap in- to the Fire , it fhall not burn us ; or ...
... expect from God , and what we must attribute to him in the Government of Nature : We muft not ex- pect in ordinary Cafes , that God fhould reverse the Laws of Nature for us ; that if we leap in- to the Fire , it fhall not burn us ; or ...
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... expect and hope , that God will take care of us ; in other Cafes , Human Prudence and Industry muft concur with the Divine Provi- dence ; in Matters of Chance and Accident , Providence muft act alone , and do all it felf , for we know ...
... expect and hope , that God will take care of us ; in other Cafes , Human Prudence and Industry muft concur with the Divine Provi- dence ; in Matters of Chance and Accident , Providence muft act alone , and do all it felf , for we know ...
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... fo as to make them the Inftruments and Minifters of his Pro- vidence in the World . The Methods of the Divine Wifdom are Infinite and Unfearchable , and and we must not expect fully to comprehend all the 58 A Difcourfe of the.
... fo as to make them the Inftruments and Minifters of his Pro- vidence in the World . The Methods of the Divine Wifdom are Infinite and Unfearchable , and and we must not expect fully to comprehend all the 58 A Difcourfe of the.
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William Sherlock. and we must not expect fully to comprehend all the Secrets and Myfteries of God's Govern- ment ; but fomething we may know of this , enough to teach us to reverence God , and to truft in him , and to vindicate his ...
William Sherlock. and we must not expect fully to comprehend all the Secrets and Myfteries of God's Govern- ment ; but fomething we may know of this , enough to teach us to reverence God , and to truft in him , and to vindicate his ...
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... expect from the Perfect and Abso- lute Power of God ? We may fear his Juftice , but have no reason to fear his Power ; Juftice will punish Sinners , but his Power will never opprefs ; for that is below his Power , that is too mean and ...
... expect from the Perfect and Abso- lute Power of God ? We may fear his Juftice , but have no reason to fear his Power ; Juftice will punish Sinners , but his Power will never opprefs ; for that is below his Power , that is too mean and ...
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Page 250 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Page 7 - Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
Page 62 - I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Page 426 - For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive ; And plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Page 395 - Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress ; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Page 6 - Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his mercy ; To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
Page 136 - Righteous art Thou, O Lord, when I plead with Thee : yet let me talk with Thee of Thy judgments : wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
Page 336 - But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. 5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
Page 426 - The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Page 58 - The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.