Illustrations of the Divine GovernmentSherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1822 - 456 էջ |
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... operation of a being , who perceived and designed the end , and fitted the means to accomplish it . That the Great First Cause of all things must be himself uncaused , is also a truth which we are obliged to admit : for if we imagine ...
... operation of a being , who perceived and designed the end , and fitted the means to accomplish it . That the Great First Cause of all things must be himself uncaused , is also a truth which we are obliged to admit : for if we imagine ...
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... operation ; while the view commonly entertained is extremely confused : for do what we will , we can form no idea of a being who bears no relation to space ; and if we could , we should still be pressed with the difficulty of conceiving ...
... operation ; while the view commonly entertained is extremely confused : for do what we will , we can form no idea of a being who bears no relation to space ; and if we could , we should still be pressed with the difficulty of conceiving ...
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... operation , in every instant of time and to every individual . If , therefore , when he appointed them , he foresaw that they would give rise to any event inconsistent with perfect benevolence , he would have so modified them , as ...
... operation , in every instant of time and to every individual . If , therefore , when he appointed them , he foresaw that they would give rise to any event inconsistent with perfect benevolence , he would have so modified them , as ...
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... operation of what are termed secondary causes ; but these can act only so far and in such a manner as he has appointed . The material world is governed by certain general laws , which are never interrupted except on occasions of supreme ...
... operation of what are termed secondary causes ; but these can act only so far and in such a manner as he has appointed . The material world is governed by certain general laws , which are never interrupted except on occasions of supreme ...
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... operation of the material world upon it , as inevitably to bring it into the state he wishes . Thus a sovereign control may be exercised over the material and animal worlds , while both invariably act according to the settled principles ...
... operation of the material world upon it , as inevitably to bring it into the state he wishes . Thus a sovereign control may be exercised over the material and animal worlds , while both invariably act according to the settled principles ...
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Էջ 367 - Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die ? saith the Lord God : and not that he should return from his ways, and live ? But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live ? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
Էջ 318 - For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Էջ 288 - And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Էջ 313 - And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out : it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire : 48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Էջ 321 - The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
Էջ 325 - Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him. But whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Էջ 287 - The sinners in Zion are afraid; Fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire ? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
Էջ 393 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming, in which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth-; they that have done good to the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil to the resurrection of damnation,"
Էջ 316 - But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it ; The owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: And he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
Էջ 410 - Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?