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... wisdom ; and where is the place of understand- ing ? seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living . — JOB xxviii . 20 , 21 . SERMON IV . ON REVELATION . Where shall wisdom be found , and where is the place of understand- ing ? Man ...
... wisdom ; and where is the place of understand- ing ? seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living . — JOB xxviii . 20 , 21 . SERMON IV . ON REVELATION . Where shall wisdom be found , and where is the place of understand- ing ? Man ...
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... wisdom and goodness . The things revealed were with the same design , and with the same infinite wisdom and goodness revealed . Had the things withheld , or , as they are called in the text , secret , been revealed ; or had the things ...
... wisdom and goodness . The things revealed were with the same design , and with the same infinite wisdom and goodness revealed . Had the things withheld , or , as they are called in the text , secret , been revealed ; or had the things ...
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... wisdom and felicity , composed for persons of that age . As the real revelation is designed for men , it must , in a similar manner , be suited to their capacity , and contain such things , and such only , as are fitted to employ and ...
... wisdom and felicity , composed for persons of that age . As the real revelation is designed for men , it must , in a similar manner , be suited to their capacity , and contain such things , and such only , as are fitted to employ and ...
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... wisdom as in their different parts to be exactly suited to the circumstances of all ; to enlighten every understanding , to move every heart , and to regulate every life with the highest advantage . In a revelation there are many ...
... wisdom as in their different parts to be exactly suited to the circumstances of all ; to enlighten every understanding , to move every heart , and to regulate every life with the highest advantage . In a revelation there are many ...
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... wisdom and goodness of God establishes beyond debate . We know that he designed to promote the good of mankind by the revelation which he has given them . That he perfectly knew what it would be best to reveal and what to withhold ...
... wisdom and goodness of God establishes beyond debate . We know that he designed to promote the good of mankind by the revelation which he has given them . That he perfectly knew what it would be best to reveal and what to withhold ...
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Page 261 - Ye call Me Master, and Lord : and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example that ye should do as I have done to you.
Page 266 - And He said unto them, Why are ye troubled ? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts ? Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself: handle Me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see Me have.
Page 4 - My son, attend to my words ; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes ; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
Page 518 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Page 249 - For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron : I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
Page 424 - That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; 16 Holding forth the word of life...
Page 271 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth; when he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep; 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; rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of...
Page 234 - Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy 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, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Page 5 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father's house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my God : and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house : and of all that thou shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 211 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.