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... reason which serves as thy guide , and support , in the government of the world ! So that , honoured with a portion of this light , we may , in our turn , be able to honour thee , by celebrating thy great works unceasingly , in a hymn ...
... reason which serves as thy guide , and support , in the government of the world ! So that , honoured with a portion of this light , we may , in our turn , be able to honour thee , by celebrating thy great works unceasingly , in a hymn ...
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... reason of this proceeding is obvious . In rude ages , man stood fierce , and independent . In the equality of rights , which then existed , to receive praise , was to merit it . The chief , or rather the sole , ground of distinction ...
... reason of this proceeding is obvious . In rude ages , man stood fierce , and independent . In the equality of rights , which then existed , to receive praise , was to merit it . The chief , or rather the sole , ground of distinction ...
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... reasons , may be satisfactorily alledged . Without entering into a discussion respecting the extent of power which evil spirits had , to influence the minds of men , during the age in which our Saviouri * See , in Mr. Farmer's Essay on ...
... reasons , may be satisfactorily alledged . Without entering into a discussion respecting the extent of power which evil spirits had , to influence the minds of men , during the age in which our Saviouri * See , in Mr. Farmer's Essay on ...
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... reason , therefore , of his saying , in the present tense , " Receive ye the Holy Ghost , " must be taken in the prophetic style , as a thing they should soon re- ceive , as certainly as he breathed upon them * . In the same manner as ...
... reason , therefore , of his saying , in the present tense , " Receive ye the Holy Ghost , " must be taken in the prophetic style , as a thing they should soon re- ceive , as certainly as he breathed upon them * . In the same manner as ...
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... reason , he is aware is not truth , but mere philosophy : he , therefore , deems it as foolish , as it is presumptuous , to disbelieve what he cannot account for * ; being perfectly satisfied , that what materially concerns him to know ...
... reason , he is aware is not truth , but mere philosophy : he , therefore , deems it as foolish , as it is presumptuous , to disbelieve what he cannot account for * ; being perfectly satisfied , that what materially concerns him to know ...
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Page 4 - thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous, then ! Unspeakable ; who sit'st above the heav'ns, To us invisible, or dimly seen, In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 20 - phemy 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,
Page 39 - And he that was dead came forth) bound hand and foot with grave-cloths, and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, loose him, and let him go.
Page 148 - 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 133 - Let not thine heart envy sinners, but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long; for surely there is an end, and thine expectation shall not be cut off."—Prov. xxiii. 17, 18.
Page 4 - heav'ns, To us invisible, or dimly seen, In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Paradise Lost, Book v.
Page 139 - le fantôme autant que la personne, Et la fausse monnoye, à l'égal de la bonne ? Les hommes, la plupart, sont étrangement faits, Dans la juste nature on ne les voit jamais. " . • '"• La raison a pour eux, des bornes, trop petites, •
Page 22 - the Cross, some of the rulers derided him, saying, " he saved others, let him save himself if he be Christ the chosen of God, Luke xxiii.
Page 7 - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies."—Psalm
Page 26 - to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man,