Responses from the Sacred Oracles; Or, The Past in the Present |
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... less than they of old whom God owned as his servants , a heaven - born faith , and a Divine Saviour . We have , therefore , inquired at the Oracles of God , to as- certain in what light certain characters were regarded , and what were ...
... less than they of old whom God owned as his servants , a heaven - born faith , and a Divine Saviour . We have , therefore , inquired at the Oracles of God , to as- certain in what light certain characters were regarded , and what were ...
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... less appearances of design , all irreconcilable with our experi- ence of accidental effect , distinctly intimates : and , if God's existence cannot be legitimately questioned , it is unreasonable to suppose that he created such a world ...
... less appearances of design , all irreconcilable with our experi- ence of accidental effect , distinctly intimates : and , if God's existence cannot be legitimately questioned , it is unreasonable to suppose that he created such a world ...
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... less to be prized for the discoveries which it makes , than for the hopes which it inspires ! Now if man fell from his original estate of moral purity , and provision was made for his final deliverance from the guilt and power of sin ...
... less to be prized for the discoveries which it makes , than for the hopes which it inspires ! Now if man fell from his original estate of moral purity , and provision was made for his final deliverance from the guilt and power of sin ...
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... less blind to its appalling ravages ; and though many have endeavoured to account for the ills which " flesh is heir to " on almost as many different theories , yet the only simple and rational explanation is found in the recorded facts ...
... less blind to its appalling ravages ; and though many have endeavoured to account for the ills which " flesh is heir to " on almost as many different theories , yet the only simple and rational explanation is found in the recorded facts ...
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... less disregard to the text might we adopt the conceit of Josephus , that " God was more pleased with the spontaneous productions of nature than with an offering extorted from the earth by the ingenuity and force of man . Nor could the ...
... less disregard to the text might we adopt the conceit of Josephus , that " God was more pleased with the spontaneous productions of nature than with an offering extorted from the earth by the ingenuity and force of man . Nor could the ...
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Page 182 - Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity...
Page 69 - Let no man say when he is tempted ; I am tempted of God ; for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man. But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed : then, when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin ; and sin, .when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Page 247 - And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on Him, saying, If Thou be CHRIST, save Thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear GOD, seeing thou art in the same condemnation ? And we indeed justly ; for we receive the due reward of our deeds : but This Man hath done nothing amiss.
Page 262 - Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
Page 74 - There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: a man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Page 295 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come; that Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show light unto the people and to the Gentiles.
Page 226 - Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
Page 219 - If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works : that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
Page 33 - And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him ; and he kissed them, and embraced them. And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face : and, lo, GOD hath showed me also thy seed.
Page 134 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...