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... other difficulties , both in the natural and in the moral world , it must remain without an attempt to explain it ( except such attempts as expose the rash presumption of weak and - 66 arrogant men ) , at least as long 8 SERMON I.
... other difficulties , both in the natural and in the moral world , it must remain without an attempt to explain it ( except such attempts as expose the rash presumption of weak and - 66 arrogant men ) , at least as long 8 SERMON I.
Page 9
... least as long as this life shall last . I have said , many other difficulties , " because in fact the difficulty is just as great to explain why one generation , as why twenty , should be suffered to live and die in sin and ignorance ...
... least as long as this life shall last . I have said , many other difficulties , " because in fact the difficulty is just as great to explain why one generation , as why twenty , should be suffered to live and die in sin and ignorance ...
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... least ( probably all ) were endued with a divine power of working sensible miracles : yet none of these claimed or received any divine worship . No one adored God as manifested in Moses ; and Peter , who had wrought so many miracles ...
... least ( probably all ) were endued with a divine power of working sensible miracles : yet none of these claimed or received any divine worship . No one adored God as manifested in Moses ; and Peter , who had wrought so many miracles ...
Page 43
... least , spiritual and superhuman ) power resides in the image , or is in some manner connected with it . To worship a stone , consi- dering it as merely a stone , is not only impossible , but inconceivable , unmeaning , and self ...
... least , spiritual and superhuman ) power resides in the image , or is in some manner connected with it . To worship a stone , consi- dering it as merely a stone , is not only impossible , but inconceivable , unmeaning , and self ...
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... least first , question in religion ; viz . whom we are to worship . We must learn the nature of God and of his Son Jesus Christ , if at all , from the Scriptures ; not from philosophical conjectures and speculations of our own . And the ...
... least first , question in religion ; viz . whom we are to worship . We must learn the nature of God and of his Son Jesus Christ , if at all , from the Scriptures ; not from philosophical conjectures and speculations of our own . And the ...
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Page 356 - Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Page 166 - But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Page 140 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come : that Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto, the people, and to the Gentiles.
Page 23 - I am that I am,' and he said, 'Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, "'I am
Page 332 - When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Page 51 - God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests; Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting.
Page 51 - ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests...
Page 266 - He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses : of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the Blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite to the Spirit of grace ? For we know Him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto Me, I will recompense, saith the Lord.
Page 227 - For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh : how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God...