Nine Sermons on the Decrees and Agency of GodEcclesiastical Board of Trustees, 1839 - 170 pages |
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... God has de- creed , or fore - ordained , whatsoever comes to pass . And , 1. That God has decreed whatsoever comes to pass , is evident from his possessing infinite power , wisdom , and goodness . None will deny He would no that he has ...
... God has de- creed , or fore - ordained , whatsoever comes to pass . And , 1. That God has decreed whatsoever comes to pass , is evident from his possessing infinite power , wisdom , and goodness . None will deny He would no that he has ...
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... God has , from eternity , invariably chosen that it should take place , just as it does . To state this a little more at large : -The infi- nite wisdom and intelligence of God enable him to perceive what events will best promote the ...
... God has , from eternity , invariably chosen that it should take place , just as it does . To state this a little more at large : -The infi- nite wisdom and intelligence of God enable him to perceive what events will best promote the ...
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... God prefers . If any event which takes place is not , on the whole , for the best , it takes place contrary to God's wish , -it takes place although he chooses it should not take place , it comes into existence in defiance of all that God ...
... God prefers . If any event which takes place is not , on the whole , for the best , it takes place contrary to God's wish , -it takes place although he chooses it should not take place , it comes into existence in defiance of all that God ...
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... God's infinite wisdom enables him to per- his infinite goodness prompts and his infinite power enables ceive that it ... God's plan , when we have 1 * PROOFS FROM REASON . 11 chooses it should not take place, he is able ...
... God's infinite wisdom enables him to per- his infinite goodness prompts and his infinite power enables ceive that it ... God's plan , when we have 1 * PROOFS FROM REASON . 11 chooses it should not take place, he is able ...
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William Raymond Weeks. arraign the wisdom of God's plan , when we have seen but a small part of it . It argues more modesty in worms of the dust , to admit that God does wisely and well , even though we may not be able to see fully the ...
William Raymond Weeks. arraign the wisdom of God's plan , when we have seen but a small part of it . It argues more modesty in worms of the dust , to admit that God does wisely and well , even though we may not be able to see fully the ...
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Page 20 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and the prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Page 41 - He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoar frost like ashes. He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
Page 51 - I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.
Page 39 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Page 56 - What then ? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for ; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear ;) unto this day.
Page 43 - A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you : and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And i will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Page 51 - And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
Page 52 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
Page 41 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle: and herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth...
Page 42 - Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth : therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. For He maketh sore, and bindeth up : He woundeth, and His hands make whole.