The Works of Samuel Stennett, Volume 3Thomas Tegg, 1824 |
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Page 89
... cause of truth has been availed by these attacks . For they have given birth to such defences of Christianity , as have effectually removed the doubts of sincere enquirers , and at once reflected honour on their authors , and confusion ...
... cause of truth has been availed by these attacks . For they have given birth to such defences of Christianity , as have effectually removed the doubts of sincere enquirers , and at once reflected honour on their authors , and confusion ...
Page 101
... cause of truth and piety , like Zion of old , hath long sat in darkness and the sha- dow of death . She that ought to have been great among na- tions , and princess among the provinces , hath become tributary . She hath wept sore in the ...
... cause of truth and piety , like Zion of old , hath long sat in darkness and the sha- dow of death . She that ought to have been great among na- tions , and princess among the provinces , hath become tributary . She hath wept sore in the ...
Page 113
... causes to err ! If we are vain of our understanding , it is scarce to be doubt- ed that our speculations will mislead us . Humility and mo- desty are inseparable ingredients of such free enquiry as pro- mises success . And where these ...
... causes to err ! If we are vain of our understanding , it is scarce to be doubt- ed that our speculations will mislead us . Humility and mo- desty are inseparable ingredients of such free enquiry as pro- mises success . And where these ...
Page 123
... cause for which you have no real affection ; ye miserable dupes to your own vanity , who care not what may be the event of your contention for the truth , provided you may but display your skill to the view of sur- rounding spectators ...
... cause for which you have no real affection ; ye miserable dupes to your own vanity , who care not what may be the event of your contention for the truth , provided you may but display your skill to the view of sur- rounding spectators ...
Page 124
... causes purely mechanical , and of which they can themselves give no intelligible account . Al- lowance doubtless is to ... cause but that of fancy or imagination ; can be accep table to God or profitable to man ? Be assured , the service ...
... causes purely mechanical , and of which they can themselves give no intelligible account . Al- lowance doubtless is to ... cause but that of fancy or imagination ; can be accep table to God or profitable to man ? Be assured , the service ...
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Page 44 - Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth : for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak : and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me ; for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
Page 27 - And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Page 47 - As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction...
Page 263 - The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
Page 145 - But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
Page 233 - For the king knoweth of these things before whom also I speak freely; for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner. King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
Page 28 - Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah ? This that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
Page 308 - Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth ; And the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall perish; but thou remainest; And they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, And they shall be changed: But thou art the same, And thy years shall not fail.
Page 325 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 27 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering. All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.