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... doubts to settle down . For here the temptation to doubt , is greatly enhanced by sinful character and its liabilities ; and the facilities of perversion and distrust , from the nature of the evidence , are proportionably multiplied ...
... doubts to settle down . For here the temptation to doubt , is greatly enhanced by sinful character and its liabilities ; and the facilities of perversion and distrust , from the nature of the evidence , are proportionably multiplied ...
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... doubts . Those who reject the received doctrines of the Bible , do not fully disbelieve them . They fear , of- ten , that they are true , -hope earnestly that they are not , and doubt . The present is eminently an age of scepticism ...
... doubts . Those who reject the received doctrines of the Bible , do not fully disbelieve them . They fear , of- ten , that they are true , -hope earnestly that they are not , and doubt . The present is eminently an age of scepticism ...
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... doubt . They are willingly negligent of the acquisition of evidence , and slow of heart to believe what is proved , and dexterous , by inattention , to throw the testimony into a quick oblivion , and per- B petuate around them a ...
... doubt . They are willingly negligent of the acquisition of evidence , and slow of heart to believe what is proved , and dexterous , by inattention , to throw the testimony into a quick oblivion , and per- B petuate around them a ...
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... doubt men are accountable to God for their dangerous errors , and their mischievous tendency may properly be exposed ; but it should be done in the language of compassion , towards them that are out of the way , and not in the language ...
... doubt men are accountable to God for their dangerous errors , and their mischievous tendency may properly be exposed ; but it should be done in the language of compassion , towards them that are out of the way , and not in the language ...
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... doubts . The pushing of investigation without first princi- ples , competent instruction , and study , is a fruitful cause of scepticism . The dependence of high and sublime truths on those which are obvious , is such , that no man who ...
... doubts . The pushing of investigation without first princi- ples , competent instruction , and study , is a fruitful cause of scepticism . The dependence of high and sublime truths on those which are obvious , is such , that no man who ...
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Page 147 - Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there : if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea ; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me," even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and...
Page 73 - For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Page 8 - Saviour ; knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying ; Where is the promise of his coming ? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
Page 8 - The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Page 98 - Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Page 26 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people...
Page 146 - For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
Page 159 - If you thus behave yourselves, and so become a terror to evil doers and a praise to them that do well...
Page 7 - Chap. iii. know also, that in the last -*- days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of GOD ; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof : from such turn away.
Page 150 - This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all.