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... pretends to erect hima Throne upon bloud and rapine , on per- jury and facriledge : nor does he that accounts the Bloud of the Covenant an unholy thing , fo much profane it , as he that ufes it as a Varnish to paint over his fouleft ...
... pretends to erect hima Throne upon bloud and rapine , on per- jury and facriledge : nor does he that accounts the Bloud of the Covenant an unholy thing , fo much profane it , as he that ufes it as a Varnish to paint over his fouleft ...
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... pretend to any thing but vengeance , ranfack Gods bofom , rifle his bowels for arguments of compaffion , repeat to him his own titles , that he is long - fuffering and of great mercy , forgiving ini- quity , tranfgreffion and fin , Numb ...
... pretend to any thing but vengeance , ranfack Gods bofom , rifle his bowels for arguments of compaffion , repeat to him his own titles , that he is long - fuffering and of great mercy , forgiving ini- quity , tranfgreffion and fin , Numb ...
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... pretend , in favour of fo ftupendous an improvidence ? BUT ' twill be much more feafonable to re- form than Apologize or Rhetoricate ; and there- fore ' twill import thofe men , who like the inha- bitants of Laish , dwell careless ...
... pretend , in favour of fo ftupendous an improvidence ? BUT ' twill be much more feafonable to re- form than Apologize or Rhetoricate ; and there- fore ' twill import thofe men , who like the inha- bitants of Laish , dwell careless ...
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... pretend to build on the latter , yet God knows , a multitude of foolish Architects there are , which mistake their ground , take that for affurance that is not : and this truly is a thing deserves to be foberly confider'd , they that ...
... pretend to build on the latter , yet God knows , a multitude of foolish Architects there are , which mistake their ground , take that for affurance that is not : and this truly is a thing deserves to be foberly confider'd , they that ...
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... pretend the aids , and boast in the advantages of that , it may not be amifs to bring the Caufe unto that Bar : whose Empire and Authority none must disclaim that own the Style , and least of all those Scepticks in Religion with whom we ...
... pretend the aids , and boast in the advantages of that , it may not be amifs to bring the Caufe unto that Bar : whose Empire and Authority none must disclaim that own the Style , and least of all those Scepticks in Religion with whom we ...
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Page 5 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 405 - Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them; wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Page 10 - For, we know that if our earthly houfe of this tabernacle were diflblved, we have a building of GOD, an houfe not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Page 236 - Let us fall into the hands of God, and not into the hands of men; for they are severe and cruel judges of each other.•
Page 406 - If there be therefore any confolation in Chrift, if any comfort. of love, if any fellow/hip of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies ; fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like minded, having the fame love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Page 247 - Certainly," says Bishop Fell, " the first propagators of our faith proceeded at another rate ; they well knew, that not the brain but'the heart was the proper soil of that celestial plant, and therefore did not amuse their proselytes with curious questions, but set them to the active part of their religion.