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Intended to prove that the same cause will produce the same effects in modern as it did in ancient times . IN order to form a proper estimate of God's generosity and man's degeneracy , it will be necessary , in the first place to view ...
Intended to prove that the same cause will produce the same effects in modern as it did in ancient times . IN order to form a proper estimate of God's generosity and man's degeneracy , it will be necessary , in the first place to view ...
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... and ingratityde to their gracious and long - suffering Creator ; thousands perished with hun . ger , the streets were crowded with heaps of unburied human bodies ; the stencb of which produced the most destructive disorders .
... and ingratityde to their gracious and long - suffering Creator ; thousands perished with hun . ger , the streets were crowded with heaps of unburied human bodies ; the stencb of which produced the most destructive disorders .
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of which produced the most destructive disorders . The reader may form some idea of the dreadful ravages of these complicated judgments , when he is informed , that no less than one hundred and fifteen thousand , eight hundred and ...
of which produced the most destructive disorders . The reader may form some idea of the dreadful ravages of these complicated judgments , when he is informed , that no less than one hundred and fifteen thousand , eight hundred and ...
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The earth every where produces abundance for man , while thoughtless , thankless man , every where waters that same earth with the tears and blood of man , unhappy man ! It is not nature , but man that is to be impeached with the ...
The earth every where produces abundance for man , while thoughtless , thankless man , every where waters that same earth with the tears and blood of man , unhappy man ! It is not nature , but man that is to be impeached with the ...
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The more men are oppressed , the more feeble and wretched are their oppressors ; for they produce misery , and misery produces murders , robberies , prostitution , rebellion and civil wars , which end in their ruin .
The more men are oppressed , the more feeble and wretched are their oppressors ; for they produce misery , and misery produces murders , robberies , prostitution , rebellion and civil wars , which end in their ruin .
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Page 18 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 259 - And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear...
Page 100 - And he said, this will be the manner of the king that *"• .O•ifSP*''* *~*"*~"fc . 1.63763 90 shall reign over you : he will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen, and some shall run before his chariots.
Page 135 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn. Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke: How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!
Page 101 - Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us. and fight our battles.
Page 247 - Isaac; (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Page 102 - Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken ? or whose ass have I taken ? or whom have I defrauded ? whom have I oppressed ? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith ? and I will restore it you. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.
Page 144 - Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh, as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
Page 142 - Gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Page 135 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave. Await alike th' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
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| Title | Rights of God Written for the Benefit of Man: Or, the Impartiality of Jehovah Vindicated |
| Author | Thomas Branagan |
| Edition | 5 |
| Publisher | Enoch Johnson, 1815 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 12 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 360 pages |
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