Lectures, Delivered at Bowdoin College: And Occasional SermonsJoseph Griffin, 1822 - 411 pages |
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... terms , the most sublime and majestic , it is not less true , that on other occasions , their language is exceedingly different . The same father of gods and men , who is repre- sented as grasping the thunder , and as governing the ...
... terms , the most sublime and majestic , it is not less true , that on other occasions , their language is exceedingly different . The same father of gods and men , who is repre- sented as grasping the thunder , and as governing the ...
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... terms the common pagans , ) might sometimes mistake these gods , not only for so many real and substantial , but also independent and self - existent deities . It is indeed a matter of no small difficulty to determine , with any ...
... terms the common pagans , ) might sometimes mistake these gods , not only for so many real and substantial , but also independent and self - existent deities . It is indeed a matter of no small difficulty to determine , with any ...
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... term is now used , has relation to a Supreme Being , and expresses right feelings towards him . But at the time , when the greatest gods among the heathen were men , there could have been no Supreme Being ; i . e . no be- ing entitled ...
... term is now used , has relation to a Supreme Being , and expresses right feelings towards him . But at the time , when the greatest gods among the heathen were men , there could have been no Supreme Being ; i . e . no be- ing entitled ...
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... term . It is no proper address to the Supreme Being , expressive of the sen- timents of humility , veneration and submission ; but the mere repetition of certain words , the pronunciation of which can be supposed to operate only as a ...
... term . It is no proper address to the Supreme Being , expressive of the sen- timents of humility , veneration and submission ; but the mere repetition of certain words , the pronunciation of which can be supposed to operate only as a ...
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... terms , of an institution , calculated to deaden the best sensibilities of the heart , and to substitute in their place a brutal ferocity , shows at once the imperious influence of custom , and the in- adequacy of gentile philosophy ...
... terms , of an institution , calculated to deaden the best sensibilities of the heart , and to substitute in their place a brutal ferocity , shows at once the imperious influence of custom , and the in- adequacy of gentile philosophy ...
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Page 176 - Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
Page 323 - And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
Page 252 - ... it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands, to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched : 44 where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Page 169 - ... backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful ; who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do. them.
Page 298 - And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.
Page 377 - To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me on my throne ; even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father on His throne.
Page 142 - If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father: and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world,
Page 141 - But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement of our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.
Page 97 - And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Page 166 - And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.