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... passing events and immediate in- terests are magnified by the mental vision , and filling up a larger space in the view , prevent an adequate and correct impression of the superior magnitude of remoter events . Innumerable are the ...
... passing events and immediate in- terests are magnified by the mental vision , and filling up a larger space in the view , prevent an adequate and correct impression of the superior magnitude of remoter events . Innumerable are the ...
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... passing event ; and it is this attempt which sets enthusiasm in a flame ; for it belongs in common to all the vices which assume a religious character , that though mild and harmless while roaming at large among remote or invisible ...
... passing event ; and it is this attempt which sets enthusiasm in a flame ; for it belongs in common to all the vices which assume a religious character , that though mild and harmless while roaming at large among remote or invisible ...
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... pass under the scrutiny of his infallible tribunal ? I conclude , therefore , that Christ will not visit our earth in person , till he comes to reveal the secrets of all hearts , and to settle the destinies both of the righteous and the ...
... pass under the scrutiny of his infallible tribunal ? I conclude , therefore , that Christ will not visit our earth in person , till he comes to reveal the secrets of all hearts , and to settle the destinies both of the righteous and the ...
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... pass a thousand years here below , living upon earth in a heavenly body ; this , I confess , is a thing I never could digest . " + To these I may add the unhesitating decla- ration of one often quoted by the advocates of literal ...
... pass a thousand years here below , living upon earth in a heavenly body ; this , I confess , is a thing I never could digest . " + To these I may add the unhesitating decla- ration of one often quoted by the advocates of literal ...
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... pass under any literal depri- vation of life . The souls of martyrs , then , that were seen by the Apostle , living and reigning with Christ a thousand years , must be regarded as a symbolical representation of that bright succession of ...
... pass under any literal depri- vation of life . The souls of martyrs , then , that were seen by the Apostle , living and reigning with Christ a thousand years , must be regarded as a symbolical representation of that bright succession of ...
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Page 16 - Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains; for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. 14 But Zion said, "The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
Page 18 - And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel ; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all...
Page 30 - But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
Page 47 - That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
Page 21 - For even that which was made glorious, had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
Page 50 - He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
Page 19 - And David my servant shall be king over them ; and they all shall have one shepherd: they 24 shall also walk in my judgments and observe my statutes, and do them. And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob, my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they and their children, and their children's children, for ever ; and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
Page 10 - I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Page 15 - For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: I will put my laws into their mind and write them in their hearts; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people...
Page 8 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah : Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt ; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD.