Letters, Addressed to the Daughter of a Nobleman, on the Formation of Religious and Moral Principle, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 - Christian life |
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Page 45
... sensible that in order to embrace these gene- ral views , the faculties must be ex- erted with a degree of vigour , such as I cannot naw expect my dearest Lady Lady Elizabeth to possess . Some passages will , I [ 45 ]
... sensible that in order to embrace these gene- ral views , the faculties must be ex- erted with a degree of vigour , such as I cannot naw expect my dearest Lady Lady Elizabeth to possess . Some passages will , I [ 45 ]
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... expect the return of day and night , of summer and winter , because we have been accustomed to see them return ; but that they do thus return , is no less the act , the special act of Omnipotence , than that will be which shall arrest ...
... expect the return of day and night , of summer and winter , because we have been accustomed to see them return ; but that they do thus return , is no less the act , the special act of Omnipotence , than that will be which shall arrest ...
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... expect that the words which the people were thus called upon to hear , and which were usher- ed in by circumstances so extraor- dinary , should be worthy of the lord and giver of life to commu- nicate ; nicate ; and that they should ...
... expect that the words which the people were thus called upon to hear , and which were usher- ed in by circumstances so extraor- dinary , should be worthy of the lord and giver of life to commu- nicate ; nicate ; and that they should ...
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... expect to be presented with a view of the remark- able events that have been brought about by means of human agency ; and in order to give us any de- pendence on the veracity of the historian , it is necessary that the events described ...
... expect to be presented with a view of the remark- able events that have been brought about by means of human agency ; and in order to give us any de- pendence on the veracity of the historian , it is necessary that the events described ...
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... pledges of its accomplishment . Unity of design we might expect to find in all that comes from Him who is from everlasting to everlasting unchangeably the same . But never in in all the works of Providence do we behold it [ 95 ]
... pledges of its accomplishment . Unity of design we might expect to find in all that comes from Him who is from everlasting to everlasting unchangeably the same . But never in in all the works of Providence do we behold it [ 95 ]
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Page 57 - Now, therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people : for all the earth is mine : and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
Page 61 - I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Page 67 - In it thou shalt do no manner of work ; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.
Page 138 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, And the Lord shall reward thee.
Page 78 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
Page 180 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not...
Page 104 - Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? 22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers...
Page 77 - And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Page 129 - Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
Page 129 - Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.