A Treatise on the Passions and Affections of the Mind, Philosophical, Ethical, and Theological: In a Series of Disquisitions, in which are Traced, the Moral History of Man, in His Pursuits, Powers, and Motives of Action, and the Means of Obtaining Permanent Well-being and Happiness, Volume 4T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813 - Christianity |
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... nations with multitudes of deities , of various and opposite powers and propensities ; -that such a being is not the production of fear , nor is he a frail creature , elevated to deification by servile flattery , or even by a spirit of ...
... nations with multitudes of deities , of various and opposite powers and propensities ; -that such a being is not the production of fear , nor is he a frail creature , elevated to deification by servile flattery , or even by a spirit of ...
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... nations upon the earth , have degenerated into the greatest idolaters ; and that they practised every superstition ... nation , and the most illiterate Christians of the present day , entertain more just and exalted conceptions of the ...
... nations upon the earth , have degenerated into the greatest idolaters ; and that they practised every superstition ... nation , and the most illiterate Christians of the present day , entertain more just and exalted conceptions of the ...
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... nation was deeply involved ; that by these means the worship of idols was gradually abolished ; a knowledge of the true God ... nations . III . The same history informs us , that the selection of the Jewish nation , for this purpose , 84 ...
... nation was deeply involved ; that by these means the worship of idols was gradually abolished ; a knowledge of the true God ... nations . III . The same history informs us , that the selection of the Jewish nation , for this purpose , 84 ...
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... nations of the earth were to be blessed ; and it enables us to trace the preparatory progress . IV . The union of the above peculiarities in the Mosaic dispensation , presents us with strong internal evidences of its divine origin ...
... nations of the earth were to be blessed ; and it enables us to trace the preparatory progress . IV . The union of the above peculiarities in the Mosaic dispensation , presents us with strong internal evidences of its divine origin ...
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... nations , -and that under the most dreadful threatening , their Poets and Prophets proclaim and celebrate the great Creator of all things , in language the most solemn and sub- lime . " Praise him , " exclaims the enraptured Psalmist ...
... nations , -and that under the most dreadful threatening , their Poets and Prophets proclaim and celebrate the great Creator of all things , in language the most solemn and sub- lime . " Praise him , " exclaims the enraptured Psalmist ...
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Page 352 - Behold the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband to them, saith the Lord...
Page 348 - ... but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
Page 408 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Page 286 - And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.
Page 248 - And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him ; and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke ; my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Page 302 - And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, And wine, are in their feasts: But they regard not the work of the Lord, Neither consider the operation of his hands.
Page 373 - And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
Page 174 - And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt...
Page 267 - But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets; until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people till there was no remedy.
Page 126 - Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel : behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost : we are cut off for our parts.