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... fhall at prefent infift only on this , That the Belief of a God infers a Providence : That if we believe there is a God who made the World , we must believe that the fame God who made the World , does govern it too . • 1. For first , it ...
... fhall at prefent infift only on this , That the Belief of a God infers a Providence : That if we believe there is a God who made the World , we must believe that the fame God who made the World , does govern it too . • 1. For first , it ...
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... fhall not be broken , 148. Pfal . 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 . ; 2dly , The fame Wisdom and Power which Made the World , muft Govern it too : It is on- ly a creating Power that can preferve : That which owes its very Being to Power , muft de- pend ...
... fhall not be broken , 148. Pfal . 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 . ; 2dly , The fame Wisdom and Power which Made the World , muft Govern it too : It is on- ly a creating Power that can preferve : That which owes its very Being to Power , muft de- pend ...
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... fhall not fee , neither fhall the God of Jacob regard it . Un- derstand ye brutish among the People , and ye fools when will ye be wife ? He that planted the ear , fhall be not hear ? And be that formed the eye , shall be not fee ? He ...
... fhall not fee , neither fhall the God of Jacob regard it . Un- derstand ye brutish among the People , and ye fools when will ye be wife ? He that planted the ear , fhall be not hear ? And be that formed the eye , shall be not fee ? He ...
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... fhall thy band lead me , and thy right hand fhall hold me : If I fay , furely the darkness fhall cover me , even the night shall be light about me ; yea , the darkness bideth not from thee , but the night Shineth as the day ; the ...
... fhall thy band lead me , and thy right hand fhall hold me : If I fay , furely the darkness fhall cover me , even the night shall be light about me ; yea , the darkness bideth not from thee , but the night Shineth as the day ; the ...
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... fhall only add , That God cannot make a Creature independent on himself , without be- ftowing on it a felf - fubfifting Nature , or necef- fary Exiftence : For whatever does not necef- farily exift by the internal Principles of its Na ...
... fhall only add , That God cannot make a Creature independent on himself , without be- ftowing on it a felf - fubfifting Nature , or necef- fary Exiftence : For whatever does not necef- farily exift by the internal Principles of its Na ...
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Page 250 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Page 7 - Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
Page 62 - I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Page 426 - For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive ; And plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Page 395 - Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress ; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Page 6 - Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his mercy ; To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
Page 136 - Righteous art Thou, O Lord, when I plead with Thee : yet let me talk with Thee of Thy judgments : wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
Page 336 - But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. 5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
Page 426 - The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Page 58 - The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.