Selections from Theological LecturesLincoln and Edmands, 1833 - 204 pages |
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... 145 Sins of the Tongue , 156 God's law the only true standard of morals , 162 PROPHECY . The Bible , a Classic , Close of Life , Death of Jacob , 168 172 175 The bad man in Solitude , · 177 Prophecy dependent CONTENTS . vii.
... 145 Sins of the Tongue , 156 God's law the only true standard of morals , 162 PROPHECY . The Bible , a Classic , Close of Life , Death of Jacob , 168 172 175 The bad man in Solitude , · 177 Prophecy dependent CONTENTS . vii.
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... brood For EVER upon your sepulchres ! " No ! We cannot re- linquish Christianity for a system which conducts us to this fearful close ! When scepticism shall have provided a substitute for our present hopes , we BEAUTIES OF COLLYER . 11.
... brood For EVER upon your sepulchres ! " No ! We cannot re- linquish Christianity for a system which conducts us to this fearful close ! When scepticism shall have provided a substitute for our present hopes , we BEAUTIES OF COLLYER . 11.
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... close the Bible ; and there re- mains to you a hope without a foundation , assault- ed by a thousand dismal apprehensions . planets which roll over your head declare match- less wisdom , and incalculable immensity . They write in the ...
... close the Bible ; and there re- mains to you a hope without a foundation , assault- ed by a thousand dismal apprehensions . planets which roll over your head declare match- less wisdom , and incalculable immensity . They write in the ...
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... close of the day , from the summit of some lofty mountain , will watch the rising cloud , and observe the evening spread her grey and dusky mantle over the features of the landscape , till they are lost and extinguished : whose eye is ...
... close of the day , from the summit of some lofty mountain , will watch the rising cloud , and observe the evening spread her grey and dusky mantle over the features of the landscape , till they are lost and extinguished : whose eye is ...
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... close the procession ; they have entered their refuge ; and even now the door is shut ! " Oh ! it is too late ! Fraught with heavy indignation , the tempest lowers fearfully . Every " face gathers blackness . " Yet scarcely is it ...
... close the procession ; they have entered their refuge ; and even now the door is shut ! " Oh ! it is too late ! Fraught with heavy indignation , the tempest lowers fearfully . Every " face gathers blackness . " Yet scarcely is it ...
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Page 177 - Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes; it disappears!
Page 23 - ... the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Page 12 - Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work...
Page 28 - And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life ; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Page 18 - There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen : The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
Page 30 - I die : behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one : Oh, let me escape thither (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
Page 37 - And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Page 57 - And Paul said; I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
Page 144 - CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.