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... ; that is quite impossible . Most certain it is , that that almighty , self - existent , and eternal Power which made the world , made thee also out of nothing , called thee into being when thou wast not ; gave 10 A TREATISE ON.
... ; that is quite impossible . Most certain it is , that that almighty , self - existent , and eternal Power which made the world , made thee also out of nothing , called thee into being when thou wast not ; gave 10 A TREATISE ON.
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... eternal happiness . The great end of religion is , to make us like God , and conduct us to the enjoyment of him . ' And whatever hath not this plain tendency , and especially if it have the contrary , men may call re- ligion , if they ...
... eternal happiness . The great end of religion is , to make us like God , and conduct us to the enjoyment of him . ' And whatever hath not this plain tendency , and especially if it have the contrary , men may call re- ligion , if they ...
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... eternal motives , might determine the subject of thy study and contem- plation , thou wouldst call home thy distracted thoughts , and employ them more on thyself and thy God .'- Baxter's Mischief of Self - Ignorance . Now , then , let ...
... eternal motives , might determine the subject of thy study and contem- plation , thou wouldst call home thy distracted thoughts , and employ them more on thyself and thy God .'- Baxter's Mischief of Self - Ignorance . Now , then , let ...
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... eternal . ' For the wages of sin is death ; ' and he that chooses the one ( let his pre- tences be what they may ) , must be said to choose the other ; because he knows ( at least it is his own fault if he does not know ) that God will ...
... eternal . ' For the wages of sin is death ; ' and he that chooses the one ( let his pre- tences be what they may ) , must be said to choose the other ; because he knows ( at least it is his own fault if he does not know ) that God will ...
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... eternal source and fountain of all good ; infinite in mercy and loving - kindness , as well as in power : not only able , but willing and ready , to help and assist him in all difficulties : a Being to whom he may have recourse under ...
... eternal source and fountain of all good ; infinite in mercy and loving - kindness , as well as in power : not only able , but willing and ready , to help and assist him in all difficulties : a Being to whom he may have recourse under ...
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Page 188 - When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me; For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord: They would none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Page 204 - And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Page 168 - For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: let him eschew evil, and do good ; let him seek peace and ensue it.
Page 161 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies : and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Page 197 - The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Page 176 - Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Page 183 - Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying, I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight.
Page 195 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming in the which all that are in their graves shall hear His voice, and shall come forth : they that have done good unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil unto the resurrection of damnation ?
Page 90 - And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye ' Or how wilt thou (Say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye : and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Page 173 - But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.