A Short and Easy Method with Deists: Wherein the Certainty of the Christian Religion is Demonstrated by Infallible Proof from Four Rules, in a Letter to a FriendWilliam Hilliard, 1805 - 60 pages |
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... hearts of those , who are in error , to receive the light of truth and it is here so represented to them , that they will receive it ; unless a spirit of infatuation be gone forth among them ; which may God Al- mighty avert ! ; In this ...
... hearts of those , who are in error , to receive the light of truth and it is here so represented to them , that they will receive it ; unless a spirit of infatuation be gone forth among them ; which may God Al- mighty avert ! ; In this ...
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... hearts . " Which God grant ! Here is no possibility of deceit or imposture . Old prophecies ( and all so agreeing ) could not have been contrived to countenance ' a new cheat ; and nothing could be a cheat , that could fulfil all these ...
... hearts . " Which God grant ! Here is no possibility of deceit or imposture . Old prophecies ( and all so agreeing ) could not have been contrived to countenance ' a new cheat ; and nothing could be a cheat , that could fulfil all these ...
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... hearts of stone , and others so filled with the love of riches , with the cares and pleasures of this life , that they will not see ; they have not a mind to know any thing , which would disturb them in their enjoyments , or lessen ...
... hearts of stone , and others so filled with the love of riches , with the cares and pleasures of this life , that they will not see ; they have not a mind to know any thing , which would disturb them in their enjoyments , or lessen ...
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... heart , unless it be prepared , like the good ground , to receive the doctrine , that is taught . Till then prejudice will create obstinacy , which will harden the heart like a rock . Under this head also you must consider many , who ...
... heart , unless it be prepared , like the good ground , to receive the doctrine , that is taught . Till then prejudice will create obstinacy , which will harden the heart like a rock . Under this head also you must consider many , who ...
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... heart ( as of the ground ) to re- ceive the truth . Where the doctrine does not please , no evidence , how clear soever , will be received . God cannot enter , before mammon be dispossessed . We cannot serve these two mas- ters . He ...
... heart ( as of the ground ) to re- ceive the truth . Where the doctrine does not please , no evidence , how clear soever , will be received . God cannot enter , before mammon be dispossessed . We cannot serve these two mas- ters . He ...
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Page 18 - And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites : and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life : that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them...
Page 17 - And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben : how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel: 7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did.
Page 27 - And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests...
Page 17 - And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, that Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying, Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
Page 27 - And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people; and as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water...
Page 43 - Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish ; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Page 27 - For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: that all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever.
Page 16 - And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God...
Page 28 - For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: that all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.