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... fhould be pofitively unalterable . What fhould we fay of the benevolence of a Prince , who would not go a little out of the ordinary way of his government , to fave thousands of his fubjects from miferies ? Would not fuch an inflexible ...
... fhould be pofitively unalterable . What fhould we fay of the benevolence of a Prince , who would not go a little out of the ordinary way of his government , to fave thousands of his fubjects from miferies ? Would not fuch an inflexible ...
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... fhould all chufe the utmost distress and mifery , rather than retract their tefti- mony ? This is utterly unaccountable , unless they were fully perfuaded of the truth of what they attested . But it is ftill more fo , when it is ...
... fhould all chufe the utmost distress and mifery , rather than retract their tefti- mony ? This is utterly unaccountable , unless they were fully perfuaded of the truth of what they attested . But it is ftill more fo , when it is ...
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... fhould die to confirm the truth of it . It is fuch probability , as cannot be rejected without an abfurdity . It is against all our experience of men , that they fhould deliberately forego all their enjoyments in this world , for what ...
... fhould die to confirm the truth of it . It is fuch probability , as cannot be rejected without an abfurdity . It is against all our experience of men , that they fhould deliberately forego all their enjoyments in this world , for what ...
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... fhould be doubted of . To all this , it may be faid by fome , that the 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 ...
... fhould be doubted of . To all this , it may be faid by fome , that the 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 ...
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... fhould thus abbreviate the short life of fo many of his creatures , and especially of the most in- nocent of them , I mean children , is not eafily to be accounted for ; there are un- doubtedly SER M. doubtedly good reasons for it ...
... fhould thus abbreviate the short life of fo many of his creatures , and especially of the most in- nocent of them , I mean children , is not eafily to be accounted for ; there are un- doubtedly SER M. doubtedly good reasons for it ...
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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.