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... less to interest than to suggest profitable reflection ; but much more , rather infinitely more , yet remains to be done . The field thrown open to the researches of the pious and the learned , is of an extent , not soon to be compassed ...
... less to interest than to suggest profitable reflection ; but much more , rather infinitely more , yet remains to be done . The field thrown open to the researches of the pious and the learned , is of an extent , not soon to be compassed ...
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... if it be irrational and inconsistent to despise the great object of Mr. Wolff's mission , it cannot be less so to overlook that object in C judging of the merits of his published journals . To JAN . 1833. ] 9 Preliminary Observations .
... if it be irrational and inconsistent to despise the great object of Mr. Wolff's mission , it cannot be less so to overlook that object in C judging of the merits of his published journals . To JAN . 1833. ] 9 Preliminary Observations .
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... less than the emancipation of a hundred millions of captives morally and spiritu- ally debased . And whatever communication may tend more or less , directly or indirectly , to the advancement of the work , will be at all times welcomed ...
... less than the emancipation of a hundred millions of captives morally and spiritu- ally debased . And whatever communication may tend more or less , directly or indirectly , to the advancement of the work , will be at all times welcomed ...
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... less than one hundred and thirty - two different opinions or modes of calculation ( varying from 7000 to 3700 years ) of the period between the Creation and the Nativity of Christ . " In the intermediate space , there are certain fixed ...
... less than one hundred and thirty - two different opinions or modes of calculation ( varying from 7000 to 3700 years ) of the period between the Creation and the Nativity of Christ . " In the intermediate space , there are certain fixed ...
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... less practical inconvenience to nations or individuals , than a tempest , or even a shower ! No alteration of season ensued ; no change in the solar system is required to be believed ; much less any deviation from the uniformity of the ...
... less practical inconvenience to nations or individuals , than a tempest , or even a shower ! No alteration of season ensued ; no change in the solar system is required to be believed ; much less any deviation from the uniformity of the ...
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Page 384 - ... and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below': so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Page 426 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 485 - Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Page 485 - 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...
Page 282 - Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.
Page 485 - He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me : and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Page 166 - Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
Page 151 - Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
Page 383 - Their idols are silver and gold : the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they speak not : eyes have they, but they see not ; They have ears, but they hear not...
Page 435 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat ? Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.