Selections from Theological LecturesLincoln and Edmands, 1833 - 204 pages |
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... Heart , Memorials of Gratitude , Destruction of Sodom , Sarah's Grave , Patriarchal Faith , or Trial of Abram , The Orphan Boy , 9 14 · 16 · • • 17 20 22 25 26 34 36 38 · 39 The God of Nature , Humanity is concerned in the spread of the ...
... Heart , Memorials of Gratitude , Destruction of Sodom , Sarah's Grave , Patriarchal Faith , or Trial of Abram , The Orphan Boy , 9 14 · 16 · • • 17 20 22 25 26 34 36 38 · 39 The God of Nature , Humanity is concerned in the spread of the ...
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... them ? Cold is the heart which kindles not into devotion , when the skies blaze with a thousand lamps ; and grovelling the mind , which rises not through the system of the universe to the Great First 16 BEAUTIES OF COLLYER . III.
... them ? Cold is the heart which kindles not into devotion , when the skies blaze with a thousand lamps ; and grovelling the mind , which rises not through the system of the universe to the Great First 16 BEAUTIES OF COLLYER . III.
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... heart , there is no God . " Can he deserve a milder name who holds his irrational creed ? All nature proclaims his existence ; and every feeling of the heart is responsive to its voice . The instant we begin to breathe , our connection ...
... heart , there is no God . " Can he deserve a milder name who holds his irrational creed ? All nature proclaims his existence ; and every feeling of the heart is responsive to its voice . The instant we begin to breathe , our connection ...
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... heart , terminates the correspondence between man and man ; but strengthens the union between God and man . All the springs of enjoyinent and of existence are hidden in the Deity , and the fates of the human race are suspended in the ...
... heart , terminates the correspondence between man and man ; but strengthens the union between God and man . All the springs of enjoyinent and of existence are hidden in the Deity , and the fates of the human race are suspended in the ...
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... heart is not at ease . I am instructed , but not tranquillized . The infinity of God over- whelms me ; his majesty swallows me up ; his in- flexible justice and purity fill me with dismay ; his power makes me afraid . It is this volume ...
... heart is not at ease . I am instructed , but not tranquillized . The infinity of God over- whelms me ; his majesty swallows me up ; his in- flexible justice and purity fill me with dismay ; his power makes me afraid . It is this volume ...
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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.