The Doctrines of Heathen Philosophy: Compared with Those of RevelationJohn Binns, 1804 - 278 pages |
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... ject in which we are equally interested , as in that of this work that I regard all that bear the christi- an name , how widely distant soever their different churches a ii . 7 churches and creeds may be , as friends and Savannah .
... ject in which we are equally interested , as in that of this work that I regard all that bear the christi- an name , how widely distant soever their different churches a ii . 7 churches and creeds may be , as friends and Savannah .
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... equally trifling and absurd , but only with such passages in their writings as related to the being , the attributes , and the providence of God , their sentiments concerning the human soul , and especially its destination after death ...
... equally trifling and absurd , but only with such passages in their writings as related to the being , the attributes , and the providence of God , their sentiments concerning the human soul , and especially its destination after death ...
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... equally intelligible to all man- kind ; and they are represented as of equal impor- tance and concern to all , the slave as much as his master . Such a plan of general instruction was ne- ver practiced , nor , as far as appears , did ...
... equally intelligible to all man- kind ; and they are represented as of equal impor- tance and concern to all , the slave as much as his master . Such a plan of general instruction was ne- ver practiced , nor , as far as appears , did ...
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... equally free from austerity and morose- ness in their general behaviour , being equally affa- ble , and no enemies to innocent festivity on proper occasions . They They were both capable of strong personal at- tachments , 86 SOCRATES ...
... equally free from austerity and morose- ness in their general behaviour , being equally affa- ble , and no enemies to innocent festivity on proper occasions . They They were both capable of strong personal at- tachments , 86 SOCRATES ...
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... equally train- ing up by him in the same great school of moral discipline here , and alike heirs of immortality here- after . Thus the apostle Paul says , ( 1 Cor . xii . 13. ) We are all baptized into one body , whether we be Jews or ...
... equally train- ing up by him in the same great school of moral discipline here , and alike heirs of immortality here- after . Thus the apostle Paul says , ( 1 Cor . xii . 13. ) We are all baptized into one body , whether we be Jews or ...
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Page 183 - Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Page 78 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming, in which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth-; they that have done good to the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil to the resurrection of damnation,"
Page 70 - Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God ? Be not deceived : neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Page 182 - I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Page 94 - When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all his holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: and before him shall be gathered all nations; and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats.
Page 103 - Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
Page 78 - Wonder not at this; for the hour cometh, wherein all that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God. 29 And they that have done good things, shall come forth unto the resurrection of life; but they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.
Page 183 - LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. 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 96 - And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Page 183 - PSALM 139 0 LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways.