Providence as Manifested Through IsraelLeonard C. Bowles, 1833 - 207 pages |
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... light of nature appears too feeble to lead men to a knowledge of the Eternal , till after the lapse of more ages than the world has yet existed . It appears , then , to have been in the ever- lasting counsels of the Allwise to ...
... light of nature appears too feeble to lead men to a knowledge of the Eternal , till after the lapse of more ages than the world has yet existed . It appears , then , to have been in the ever- lasting counsels of the Allwise to ...
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... light which was shed with apparent partiality upon the people whom the Allwise had chosen . The retribution by which God made himself known as a Moral Ruler was not the less invariable because it might be averted by relapse or ...
... light which was shed with apparent partiality upon the people whom the Allwise had chosen . The retribution by which God made himself known as a Moral Ruler was not the less invariable because it might be averted by relapse or ...
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... light of subsequent ages is reflected back upon their history . In the midst of their wonder and admiration , the pagans were too little enlightened to appreciate fully the preeminence of the chosen people ; and the Hebrews had , as yet ...
... light of subsequent ages is reflected back upon their history . In the midst of their wonder and admiration , the pagans were too little enlightened to appreciate fully the preeminence of the chosen people ; and the Hebrews had , as yet ...
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... light . Beauty was apparent which had before been unheeded ; power was recog- nised which had been disregarded ; wisdom appealed to them from the annals of their history , and was for the first time heard . The revelation was complete ...
... light . Beauty was apparent which had before been unheeded ; power was recog- nised which had been disregarded ; wisdom appealed to them from the annals of their history , and was for the first time heard . The revelation was complete ...
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... light is cast on some clause which had perhaps escaped conjecture ; and now this disregarded expression affords a key to all the rest , and by its coincidence with the actual event puts to flight all plausible conjecture and impresses ...
... light is cast on some clause which had perhaps escaped conjecture ; and now this disregarded expression affords a key to all the rest , and by its coincidence with the actual event puts to flight all plausible conjecture and impresses ...
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Page 90 - But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
Page 78 - If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.
Page 92 - And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Page 27 - Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee : and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing: and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Page 81 - Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen ; and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
Page 87 - The people answered him, We have heard out of the law, that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?
Page 71 - And they shall come from the east and from the west, and from the north and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
Page 71 - That upon you may come all the righteous blood, shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Page 71 - Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men and scribes ; and some of them ye shall kill and crucify, and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city...
Page 94 - Wherefore, if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert, go not forth ; behold, he is in the secret chambers, believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west ; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.