The Whole Works of the Rev. W. Bates, Volume 1James Black, 1815 - Presbyterianism |
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... happiness of man consisted in the delights of sense . And it is as natural that the disbelief of another state hereafter should strongly incline men to follow their licentious pleasures . If the soul , according to the impious fancy of ...
... happiness of man consisted in the delights of sense . And it is as natural that the disbelief of another state hereafter should strongly incline men to follow their licentious pleasures . If the soul , according to the impious fancy of ...
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... happiness or misery expects him hereafter . There is such a necessary connexion between these supreme truths , the being of God , and future recompences to men , that the denial of the one includes the denial of the other . It is ...
... happiness or misery expects him hereafter . There is such a necessary connexion between these supreme truths , the being of God , and future recompences to men , that the denial of the one includes the denial of the other . It is ...
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... happiness , declare it to be the living image and glory of a most wise and voluntary agent . The admirable composition of two things so disproportioned , a spiritual and material sub- stance in the human nature , is an argument of his ...
... happiness , declare it to be the living image and glory of a most wise and voluntary agent . The admirable composition of two things so disproportioned , a spiritual and material sub- stance in the human nature , is an argument of his ...
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... happiness , till experi- ence confutes his pleasing but pernicious error . The truth is , were there no God , whose powerful providence governs all things , and has a special care and respect of man , he were of all crea- tures the most ...
... happiness , till experi- ence confutes his pleasing but pernicious error . The truth is , were there no God , whose powerful providence governs all things , and has a special care and respect of man , he were of all crea- tures the most ...
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... happiness , is the real privileges we obtain by a regular trust in God , who directs and orders all events that happen for the ever- lasting good of his servants . In the worst circumstances we may rejoice in hope , in a certain and ...
... happiness , is the real privileges we obtain by a regular trust in God , who directs and orders all events that happen for the ever- lasting good of his servants . In the worst circumstances we may rejoice in hope , in a certain and ...
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Page 484 - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Page 113 - And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord ; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord : for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Page 150 - Let the people praise thee, O God ; let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
Page 476 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 151 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 536 - Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink.
Page 376 - If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father: and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world,
Page 184 - When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him...
Page 483 - Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see : The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them.
Page 47 - Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made ; well : but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace ; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands...