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... faid , What now has befallen ? " In what state is this our fire ? ' By those two " was he hidden with clothes , and called to " his senses again and again . * Colonel Wilford obferves , that in the vulgar dialects Charma is ufually ...
... faid , What now has befallen ? " In what state is this our fire ? ' By those two " was he hidden with clothes , and called to " his senses again and again . * Colonel Wilford obferves , that in the vulgar dialects Charma is ufually ...
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... faid to have religion , and the man who disbelieves them , who thinks that there is no God , no providence , or no future ftate , whatever he be in other refpects , whether he be virtuous or vicious , cannot be faid to have any religion ...
... faid to have religion , and the man who disbelieves them , who thinks that there is no God , no providence , or no future ftate , whatever he be in other refpects , whether he be virtuous or vicious , cannot be faid to have any religion ...
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... faid our Saviour , at the refurrection of the juft . All that is requifite is a stretch of thought , and a comprehenfion of mind , which shall enable men to contemplate a thing cer- tainly future , as if it were prefent ; and by this ...
... faid our Saviour , at the refurrection of the juft . All that is requifite is a stretch of thought , and a comprehenfion of mind , which shall enable men to contemplate a thing cer- tainly future , as if it were prefent ; and by this ...
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... faid by the hiftorian , that they did not believe through joy ; and it was not without the most irresistible evidence , that of their fenfes , that they were at length satisfied with refpect to it . Let us act the fame part , and not ...
... faid by the hiftorian , that they did not believe through joy ; and it was not without the most irresistible evidence , that of their fenfes , that they were at length satisfied with refpect to it . Let us act the fame part , and not ...
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... faid , and with truth , that nature speaks to men , and that nature teaches , and nature threatens , but befides that the in- formation is more indiftinctly communicated , it is in a manner lefs apt to make an impref- fion , and command ...
... faid , and with truth , that nature speaks to men , and that nature teaches , and nature threatens , but befides that the in- formation is more indiftinctly communicated , it is in a manner lefs apt to make an impref- fion , and command ...
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Page 95 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me ? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Page 95 - Your new moons and your appointed feasts My soul hateth: they are a trouble unto Me; I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide Mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 200 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words, Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know...
Page 90 - 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.
Page 96 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 214 - And they forsook the Lord GOD of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed" themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger. And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
Page 261 - ... and Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: and he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee...
Page 267 - LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. 22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. 23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods!
Page 48 - God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened, Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Page 90 - Lord, thou knowest it altogether. 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.