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Page viii
... wisdom , has fo contrived ; that , if an intellectual being fink itself into fenfuality , or any way defile and pollute itself ; then , miferies and torments should befall it , in this ftate . - Virtue , and vice ( fays he ) are the ...
... wisdom , has fo contrived ; that , if an intellectual being fink itself into fenfuality , or any way defile and pollute itself ; then , miferies and torments should befall it , in this ftate . - Virtue , and vice ( fays he ) are the ...
Page 17
... wisdom fpeaks to God , fo truth fpeaks the fame language to man's foul , I was with thee as one brought up with thee , I was daily thy delight , Prov . viii . 30. Truth is fo near to the foul ; fo much the very image and form of it ...
... wisdom fpeaks to God , fo truth fpeaks the fame language to man's foul , I was with thee as one brought up with thee , I was daily thy delight , Prov . viii . 30. Truth is fo near to the foul ; fo much the very image and form of it ...
Page 66
... wisdom , and goodness . you must not understand power here ftrictly , to For otherwhere exclude other divine perfections . he faith , Chrift the power of God , and the wisdom of God , I Cor . i . 24. But it is faid to be power , to in ...
... wisdom , and goodness . you must not understand power here ftrictly , to For otherwhere exclude other divine perfections . he faith , Chrift the power of God , and the wisdom of God , I Cor . i . 24. But it is faid to be power , to in ...
Page 67
... wisdom . Tho ' the account of Chrift's death be to the Jews a tumbling block , and to the Greeks foolishness ; yet to them that are led unto participation of it , it is the manifold wifdom of God . Manifold : why ? Because man's malady ...
... wisdom . Tho ' the account of Chrift's death be to the Jews a tumbling block , and to the Greeks foolishness ; yet to them that are led unto participation of it , it is the manifold wifdom of God . Manifold : why ? Because man's malady ...
Page 69
... wisdom , goodness , and power are difplay'd in it . ' Tis not a mystery now ; though formerly it was hid from ages and generations , Col. i . 26. but now it is the council of God's will declared . -He that darkens words without ...
... wisdom , goodness , and power are difplay'd in it . ' Tis not a mystery now ; though formerly it was hid from ages and generations , Col. i . 26. but now it is the council of God's will declared . -He that darkens words without ...
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