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... apostles , and other witnesses to the miracles , were Enthufiafts , who be- lieved their own vifionary imaginations , and acted in confequence of them , as if they had been true . To which it may be answered , that they were fo far from ...
... apostles , and other witnesses to the miracles , were Enthufiafts , who be- lieved their own vifionary imaginations , and acted in confequence of them , as if they had been true . To which it may be answered , that they were fo far from ...
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... apostles , had never seen one miracle per- formed . Could they be drawn to a be- lief of it only by idle tales ? Were the fa- culties of mankind weaker then , than at present , that they could not reason con- cerning the evidence given ...
... apostles , had never seen one miracle per- formed . Could they be drawn to a be- lief of it only by idle tales ? Were the fa- culties of mankind weaker then , than at present , that they could not reason con- cerning the evidence given ...
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... apostle well expreffes it , to use this world as if we used it not , to buy as if we were not to poffefs , and to rejoice as if we rejoiced not . In common life , we estimate things according as they are durable ; those things , that in ...
... apostle well expreffes it , to use this world as if we used it not , to buy as if we were not to poffefs , and to rejoice as if we rejoiced not . In common life , we estimate things according as they are durable ; those things , that in ...
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... apostle fignified , that there was no diffe- rence with God between the space of a thousand years and a day , but only that the greatest finite time , as well as the smallest , bears no proportion to his eter- nal duration . 4. Again ...
... apostle fignified , that there was no diffe- rence with God between the space of a thousand years and a day , but only that the greatest finite time , as well as the smallest , bears no proportion to his eter- nal duration . 4. Again ...
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... apostle feems to regard in the epiftle to the He- brews , xi . 5. when he fays , that Enoch- had this teftimony , that he pleafed God . But all these different verfions amount nearly to the fame thing , and exprefs the cha- racter IV ...
... apostle feems to regard in the epiftle to the He- brews , xi . 5. when he fays , that Enoch- had this teftimony , that he pleafed God . But all these different verfions amount nearly to the fame thing , and exprefs the cha- racter IV ...
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Page 314 - For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
Page 96 - And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
Page 313 - And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them : for I am the LORD their God.
Page 339 - Whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation. And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing ; and he doeth according to his will in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth...
Page 92 - God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
Page 265 - And behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give to every man according as his work shall be.
Page 259 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Page 82 - When he uttereth his voice there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth ; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
Page 213 - 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.