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Page 3
... here again , Paul guides us upward along the stream of blessings to their
perennial fountain . He first shows the precious gift , and then reveals the
gracious giver ; the purchase first , and afterwards the divine Purchaser . From
the crown of ...
... here again , Paul guides us upward along the stream of blessings to their
perennial fountain . He first shows the precious gift , and then reveals the
gracious giver ; the purchase first , and afterwards the divine Purchaser . From
the crown of ...
Page 26
Our lines have fallen in pleasant places , and happy the land , nor to be rashly left
, where the light of divine truth streams from a thousand printing - presses , and
the candle of the Lord shines bright in its humblest cottages . May I not say that ...
Our lines have fallen in pleasant places , and happy the land , nor to be rashly left
, where the light of divine truth streams from a thousand printing - presses , and
the candle of the Lord shines bright in its humblest cottages . May I not say that ...
Page 42
... acquire a false dignity -- bushes are magnified into trees , and the humble
cottage rises into a stately mansion . And do not God's people fall into as great
mistakes , when they look at divine truth through their defective vision , and
through the ...
... acquire a false dignity -- bushes are magnified into trees , and the humble
cottage rises into a stately mansion . And do not God's people fall into as great
mistakes , when they look at divine truth through their defective vision , and
through the ...
Page 58
Blind to his divine excellence , deaf to the calm voice of reason , dead to gentle
pity , they glare on him with their eyes ; they gnash their teeth at him ; nor are
restrained but by the steady port and resolute demeanor of these Roman guards
from ...
Blind to his divine excellence , deaf to the calm voice of reason , dead to gentle
pity , they glare on him with their eyes ; they gnash their teeth at him ; nor are
restrained but by the steady port and resolute demeanor of these Roman guards
from ...
Page 73
The " divine right of kings , " with which courtiers have flattered tyrants , and
tyrants have sought to hedge round their royalty , is a fiction . In other cases a
mere fiction , it is in Christ's case a great fact . The crown that rests on his head
was ...
The " divine right of kings , " with which courtiers have flattered tyrants , and
tyrants have sought to hedge round their royalty , is a fiction . In other cases a
mere fiction , it is in Christ's case a great fact . The crown that rests on his head
was ...
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| Title | Christ and the Inheritance of the Saints: Illustrated in a Series of Discourses from the Colossians |
| Author | Thomas Guthrie |
| Publisher | R. Carter, 1859 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 25 Oct 2010 |
| Length | 344 pages |
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