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... universe , they fall by their own density , and flounder amid the bogs and quagmires of chaos and old night , or like the adventurous navigator , they launch out on an unknown sea , tempest - tossed and not comforted ; ever dreaming ...
... universe , they fall by their own density , and flounder amid the bogs and quagmires of chaos and old night , or like the adventurous navigator , they launch out on an unknown sea , tempest - tossed and not comforted ; ever dreaming ...
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... universe , while the alienated are reconciled and the guilty are pardoned and though as abstract truths cor- rectly expounded , according to the intention of the framers , they unquestionably inculcate the system of doctrines contained ...
... universe , while the alienated are reconciled and the guilty are pardoned and though as abstract truths cor- rectly expounded , according to the intention of the framers , they unquestionably inculcate the system of doctrines contained ...
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... universe . While correct conceptions of reason as a fac- ulty prevail and a correct standard of what is reasonable is maintained , the decisions of the mind within the sphere of its competency may be relied on , and the maxim that ...
... universe . While correct conceptions of reason as a fac- ulty prevail and a correct standard of what is reasonable is maintained , the decisions of the mind within the sphere of its competency may be relied on , and the maxim that ...
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... universe steady even though he had sanctified and pardoned the guilty ? Is he not Almighty ? Does he not desire the salvation of all , and work all things after the counsel of his own will ? Why then will not all men be saved ? Who can ...
... universe steady even though he had sanctified and pardoned the guilty ? Is he not Almighty ? Does he not desire the salvation of all , and work all things after the counsel of his own will ? Why then will not all men be saved ? Who can ...
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... universe , composed of free agents , and governed by per- fect laws , perfectly administered , including the remedial system for the maintenance of law , and the reformation and forgiveness of the guilty . They are 50 REMEDY OF SCEPTICISM .
... universe , composed of free agents , and governed by per- fect laws , perfectly administered , including the remedial system for the maintenance of law , and the reformation and forgiveness of the guilty . They are 50 REMEDY OF SCEPTICISM .
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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.