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... knowledge of God , and his providential government of the world , but decidedly as to the sacred chronology . Fully admitting all the grand epochs of the Scriptures , from Adam to the Baby- lonian captivity , and being at the pains to ...
... knowledge of God , and his providential government of the world , but decidedly as to the sacred chronology . Fully admitting all the grand epochs of the Scriptures , from Adam to the Baby- lonian captivity , and being at the pains to ...
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... knowledge of the writers of antiquity as is quite remarkable ; and which is the more important , because we have the authority of Origen for saying , that the Jews were notoriously unac- quainted with the Greek historians ; whatever ...
... knowledge of the writers of antiquity as is quite remarkable ; and which is the more important , because we have the authority of Origen for saying , that the Jews were notoriously unac- quainted with the Greek historians ; whatever ...
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... knowledge , man might still for ever " walk in a vain shadow , and disquiet himself in vain ; " but here , all difficulties which might perplex us , in regard to ourselves , our nature , history , and future destination , are solved ...
... knowledge , man might still for ever " walk in a vain shadow , and disquiet himself in vain ; " but here , all difficulties which might perplex us , in regard to ourselves , our nature , history , and future destination , are solved ...
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... its very foundation ( that is , as intimately con- nected with the history of the first Adam ) , passed the ordeal of critical examination , eighteen hundred years KNOWLEDGE A QUESTIONABLE ATTAINMENT . 57 ago , and was.
... its very foundation ( that is , as intimately con- nected with the history of the first Adam ) , passed the ordeal of critical examination , eighteen hundred years KNOWLEDGE A QUESTIONABLE ATTAINMENT . 57 ago , and was.
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... knowledge that might be removed . Nor should it be overlooked , that knowledge after all , is an acquirement capable of measurement , and I might add , of analysis - no person living can know every thing ; nor can it be expected that ...
... knowledge that might be removed . Nor should it be overlooked , that knowledge after all , is an acquirement capable of measurement , and I might add , of analysis - no person living can know every thing ; nor can it be expected that ...
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Page 172 - But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Page 31 - Thou sittest at the right hand of God in the glory of the Father. We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge. We therefore pray thee help thy servants whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.
Page 120 - Remember the former things of old: For I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times the things that are not yet done, Saying, My counsel shall stand, And I will do all my pleasure...
Page 146 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 165 - Whose fault ? Whose but his own ? ingrate, he had of me All he could have : I made him just and right, Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall. Such I created all th...
Page 181 - Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, " Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?" And they said, " Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets." He saith unto them, " But whom say ye that I am ?" And Simon Peter answered and said, " Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Page 115 - And Moses said, Eat that to-day ; for to-day is a Sabbath unto the Lord : to-day ye shall not find it in the field. Six days ye shall gather it ; but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none.
Page 28 - For verily he took not on him the nature of Angels ; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
Page 165 - So were created, nor can justly accuse Their Maker, or their making, or their fate ; As if predestination over-ruled Their will, disposed by absolute decree Or high foreknowledge : they themselves decreed Their own revolt, not I : if I foreknew, Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault, Which had no less proved certain unforeknown. So without least impulse or shadow of fate, Or aught by me immutably foreseen, They trespass, authors to themselves in all, Both what they judge and what they choose...
Page 35 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.