Selections from Theological LecturesLincoln and Edmands, 1833 - 204 pages |
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... excellent way : " teach us moral- ity more sublime ! What is its crime ? Sedition ? Impossible ! It " puts us in mind to be subject to principalities and powers , to obey magistrates , to be ready to every good work . " Want of philan ...
... excellent way : " teach us moral- ity more sublime ! What is its crime ? Sedition ? Impossible ! It " puts us in mind to be subject to principalities and powers , to obey magistrates , to be ready to every good work . " Want of philan ...
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... excellent is thy name in all the earth ; and thou hast set thy glory above the heavens , " per- I pass on to the animal creation . There I ceive other operations , and am overwhelmed with new wonders . The principle on which they act ...
... excellent is thy name in all the earth ; and thou hast set thy glory above the heavens , " per- I pass on to the animal creation . There I ceive other operations , and am overwhelmed with new wonders . The principle on which they act ...
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... excellent Theophilus , that thou mighest know the certainty of those things where- in thou hast been instructed . " The apostle Paul is a name too great to be passed over in silence . His defence before Agrippa is a master - piece of ...
... excellent Theophilus , that thou mighest know the certainty of those things where- in thou hast been instructed . " The apostle Paul is a name too great to be passed over in silence . His defence before Agrippa is a master - piece of ...
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... excellent parts of his charac- ter , these defects resemble the dark spots , which , to a philosophic and scrutinizing eye , appear on the sun's disk ; but which , to any unassisted organ of vision , are swallowed up in the blaze of his ...
... excellent parts of his charac- ter , these defects resemble the dark spots , which , to a philosophic and scrutinizing eye , appear on the sun's disk ; but which , to any unassisted organ of vision , are swallowed up in the blaze of his ...
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... excellent , possesses only a temporary influence , and com- mands only a transient admiration ; in the course of a few years , or at most a few ages , imagination is required to supply departed graces , and genius mourns over ...
... excellent , possesses only a temporary influence , and com- mands only a transient admiration ; in the course of a few years , or at most a few ages , imagination is required to supply departed graces , and genius mourns over ...
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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.