The Cause and Cure of Infidelity: Including a Notice of the Author's Unbelief, and the Means of His Rescue |
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... side of falsehood . It must incline him to reject the sacred volume , which enjoins every thing that is righteous , self - denying , pure and holy . Again , we can easily understand how this first cause of unbelief , ( man's sinfulness ...
... side of falsehood . It must incline him to reject the sacred volume , which enjoins every thing that is righteous , self - denying , pure and holy . Again , we can easily understand how this first cause of unbelief , ( man's sinfulness ...
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... small cun- ningly devised falsehood will influence him further than one hundred plain and forcible arguments in fa- vour of Revelation . A man may stand on the side of a precipitous mountain , and long for the top OF INFIDELITY . 17.
... small cun- ningly devised falsehood will influence him further than one hundred plain and forcible arguments in fa- vour of Revelation . A man may stand on the side of a precipitous mountain , and long for the top OF INFIDELITY . 17.
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... side of the mountain , with vines , vil- lages , and luxuriance . These are sometimes de- stroyed by the river of melted lava , which issues from the mountain above , many feet deep , and a mile ( perhaps more , sometimes less ) in ...
... side of the mountain , with vines , vil- lages , and luxuriance . These are sometimes de- stroyed by the river of melted lava , which issues from the mountain above , many feet deep , and a mile ( perhaps more , sometimes less ) in ...
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... side of the mountain , which attracted his notice more than others . He thought it must have been thrown out by an erup- tion , which was mentioned by ( perhaps ) Polybius , as occurring nearly seventeen hundred years since . There was ...
... side of the mountain , which attracted his notice more than others . He thought it must have been thrown out by an erup- tion , which was mentioned by ( perhaps ) Polybius , as occurring nearly seventeen hundred years since . There was ...
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... side of error , ( without know- ing it , ) in matters of religion . The way in which things have been and are received , exhibits our disposi- tion unequivocally ; and it is so important that we know plainly , whether men , by nature ...
... side of error , ( without know- ing it , ) in matters of religion . The way in which things have been and are received , exhibits our disposi- tion unequivocally ; and it is so important that we know plainly , whether men , by nature ...
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Page 292 - Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him: and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Page 24 - 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 114 - These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them : for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings : and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
Page 19 - Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer; behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried ; and ye shall have tribulation ten days : be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Page 110 - And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
Page 110 - The beast that thou sawest, was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition : and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, (whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world,) when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
Page 292 - He was taken from prison, and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation ? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
Page 18 - Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works ; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Page 285 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united...
Page 302 - Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.