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... Providence , 192 The enslaved African , 193 False estimates of character , 196 The shortsightedness of man contrasted with the perfection of God , The progress of the Gospel , 198 202 · • BEAUTIES OF COLLYER . FACTS . REVELATION ...
... Providence , 192 The enslaved African , 193 False estimates of character , 196 The shortsightedness of man contrasted with the perfection of God , The progress of the Gospel , 198 202 · • BEAUTIES OF COLLYER . FACTS . REVELATION ...
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... Providence ! After all , but little is at present dis- covered . Our curiosity is repressed , and our im- patience controlled , by the declaration , “ what I do , thou knowest not now , but thou shalt know hereafter . " Yet we are ...
... Providence ! After all , but little is at present dis- covered . Our curiosity is repressed , and our im- patience controlled , by the declaration , “ what I do , thou knowest not now , but thou shalt know hereafter . " Yet we are ...
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... Providence , in relation both to public and domestic life ; and de- duce from it some inferences applicable to the deal- ings of God , with us , as a nation , or as individuals . Who can read the scriptures without feeling that ...
... Providence , in relation both to public and domestic life ; and de- duce from it some inferences applicable to the deal- ings of God , with us , as a nation , or as individuals . Who can read the scriptures without feeling that ...
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... man expects to be master of the mysteries of redemp- tion , and of providence , while he is professedly but a disciple ; in religion alone he looks to be crown- 66 ed as a conqueror , before he was well girded 66 BEAUTIES OF COLLYER .
... man expects to be master of the mysteries of redemp- tion , and of providence , while he is professedly but a disciple ; in religion alone he looks to be crown- 66 ed as a conqueror , before he was well girded 66 BEAUTIES OF COLLYER .
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... Providence ; to attempt to ex- plore hidden causes from obvious effects ; and to anticipate what shall be from that which has al- ready taken place . The same feeling summons the secrets of futurity to pass before us : we love to ...
... Providence ; to attempt to ex- plore hidden causes from obvious effects ; and to anticipate what shall be from that which has al- ready taken place . The same feeling summons the secrets of futurity to pass before us : we love to ...
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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.