The Works of the Rev. Andrew Fuller, Volume 5Anderson and Meehan, 1825 |
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... greater lights , not as to what it is in itself , but what it is to us . The scriptures are written , not to gratify curiosity , but to nour ish faith . They do not stop to tell you how , nor to answer a num- ber of questions which ...
... greater lights , not as to what it is in itself , but what it is to us . The scriptures are written , not to gratify curiosity , but to nour ish faith . They do not stop to tell you how , nor to answer a num- ber of questions which ...
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... greater note . In one view , the smallest animal has a property belonging to it which renders it superior to the sun . It has life , and some degree of knowledge . It is worthy of notice too , that the creation begins with things ...
... greater note . In one view , the smallest animal has a property belonging to it which renders it superior to the sun . It has life , and some degree of knowledge . It is worthy of notice too , that the creation begins with things ...
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... greater account to us than any which have gone before , as the subject of it is man . - We may observe , 1. That the creation of man is introduced differently from that of all other beings . It is described as though it were the result ...
... greater account to us than any which have gone before , as the subject of it is man . - We may observe , 1. That the creation of man is introduced differently from that of all other beings . It is described as though it were the result ...
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... greater than the other . : Ev- Finally It is a Jewish tradition , and seems to have generally prevailed , that , as there is a harmony of times in the works of God , this seventh day of rest is prefigurative of the seven thous- andth ...
... greater than the other . : Ev- Finally It is a Jewish tradition , and seems to have generally prevailed , that , as there is a harmony of times in the works of God , this seventh day of rest is prefigurative of the seven thous- andth ...
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... of fallen angels was not hopeless till now . If it had , the curse could only have added a greater degree of misery . VOL . V. DISCOURSE VI . THE CURSE OF SATAN , INCLUDING A CHAPTER III . ] 37 THE TRANSGRESSORS ' TRIAL .
... of fallen angels was not hopeless till now . If it had , the curse could only have added a greater degree of misery . VOL . V. DISCOURSE VI . THE CURSE OF SATAN , INCLUDING A CHAPTER III . ] 37 THE TRANSGRESSORS ' TRIAL .
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Page 115 - Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham ; And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. Unto you first, God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
Page 399 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united! For in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
Page 336 - A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come : but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Page 213 - What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
Page 414 - God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Page 67 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth ; both man and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Page 313 - And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him ; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
Page 243 - And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee ; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
Page 73 - Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram ; but thy name shall be Abraham : for a father of many nations have I made thee.
Page 279 - And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with GOD and with men, and hast prevailed.