A Treatise on the Passions and Affections of the Mind, Philosophical, Ethical, and Theological: In a Series of Disquisitions, in which are Traced, the Moral History of Man, in His Pursuits, Powers, and Motives of Action, and the Means of Obtaining Permanent Well-being and Happiness, Volume 5T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813 |
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... promised to the lovers of virtue and goodness . The christian is obliged , therefore , to solve these expressions in a man- ner congenial with the spirit of genuine Chris- tianity ; and to consider them , both as prophe- sies and ...
... promised to the lovers of virtue and goodness . The christian is obliged , therefore , to solve these expressions in a man- ner congenial with the spirit of genuine Chris- tianity ; and to consider them , both as prophe- sies and ...
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... enforces obedience to the divine commands , upon the most refined and exalted principles : and it promises infinitely superior remunera- tions . CHAPTER I. On the divine Benignity displayed in the Gospel 12 THE PECULIAR BLESSINGS.
... enforces obedience to the divine commands , upon the most refined and exalted principles : and it promises infinitely superior remunera- tions . CHAPTER I. On the divine Benignity displayed in the Gospel 12 THE PECULIAR BLESSINGS.
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... Promises of the most encouraging kind were largely intermixed with the threats . Worldly pro- sperity was ensured to them , upon the condi- tion of their obedience . This Principle pervades the whole of the Jew- ish Dispensation . It ...
... Promises of the most encouraging kind were largely intermixed with the threats . Worldly pro- sperity was ensured to them , upon the condi- tion of their obedience . This Principle pervades the whole of the Jew- ish Dispensation . It ...
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... promises or threats respecting a future world ; where their minds could not pe- netrate , and concerning which no reports could be made . The Hope , therefore , of exemption from tem- poral calamities , and of possessing positive good ...
... promises or threats respecting a future world ; where their minds could not pe- netrate , and concerning which no reports could be made . The Hope , therefore , of exemption from tem- poral calamities , and of possessing positive good ...
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... promised Messiah . He takes the lead in this new designation ; as he is the me- dium through whom its blessings are imparted to us . Adam , by his disobedience , lost his title to be the head of a favoured race . The righ- teous Noah ...
... promised Messiah . He takes the lead in this new designation ; as he is the me- dium through whom its blessings are imparted to us . Adam , by his disobedience , lost his title to be the head of a favoured race . The righ- teous Noah ...
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Page 352 - And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Page 334 - He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Page 259 - And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying. Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Page 345 - And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, And the dust thereof into brimstone, And the land thereof shall become burning pitch. It shall not be quenched night nor day ; The smoke thereof shall go up for ever: From generation to generation it shall lie waste ; None shall pass through it for ever and ever.
Page 296 - Think not that I am come to destroy the Law, or the Prophets : I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Page 266 - Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay; but by the law of faith.
Page 485 - Moreover, . brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea ; and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea...
Page 256 - And God said: This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations. I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Page 424 - Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see : The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them.
Page 318 - The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.