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... divine revelation . For what else was that revelation which God made to Abra- ham , " In thy feed shall all the nations of the earth be " blessed , " but only the dawning of the gospel ? which is nothing but glad tidings of the Mediator ...
... divine revelation . For what else was that revelation which God made to Abra- ham , " In thy feed shall all the nations of the earth be " blessed , " but only the dawning of the gospel ? which is nothing but glad tidings of the Mediator ...
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... divine revelation : and this , with- out revelation , natural reason could never have disco- vered ; because the whole of it depended upon the free will of God . For whether he would admit of any Me- diator or no , whether he would ...
... divine revelation : and this , with- out revelation , natural reason could never have disco- vered ; because the whole of it depended upon the free will of God . For whether he would admit of any Me- diator or no , whether he would ...
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... divine ; from whence we may ratio- nally conclude , that the great aim of God , in the establish- ing religion , is to advance the happiness of men , and to advance it in a method confonant to those principles he has implanted in them ...
... divine ; from whence we may ratio- nally conclude , that the great aim of God , in the establish- ing religion , is to advance the happiness of men , and to advance it in a method confonant to those principles he has implanted in them ...
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... divine charity , and enlarge- ment of foul which he thereby gains , were an abundant reward of this victory . A good man has the best title to the blessings of this life , and the glories of an- other . He enjoys this world with as ...
... divine charity , and enlarge- ment of foul which he thereby gains , were an abundant reward of this victory . A good man has the best title to the blessings of this life , and the glories of an- other . He enjoys this world with as ...
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... light of nature subservient to our true happiness . Hierocles in the beginning of his divine comments , gives us a short but full account of the Pythagorean , Pythagorean , and , I may add , Platonick philofophy 12 RELIGION .
... light of nature subservient to our true happiness . Hierocles in the beginning of his divine comments , gives us a short but full account of the Pythagorean , Pythagorean , and , I may add , Platonick philofophy 12 RELIGION .
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Page 41 - ... us : and if we walk with God in all his ways, as he walks with us in all ours, we shall find perpetual reasons to enable us to keep that rule of God, " Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice.
Page 252 - Finally, brethren, whatfoever things are ' true, whatfoever things are honeft, whatfoever things ' are juft, whatfoever things are pure, whatfoever things ' are lovely, whatfoever things are of good report : If ' there be any virtue, and if there be any praife, think
Page 272 - Jefus the author and finifher of our faith; who for the joy that was fet before him, endured the crofs, defpifing the fhame ; and is fet down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Page 272 - Being encompaffed with a cloud of witnefles, let us lay afide every weight, and the fin which doth fo eafily befet us : and let us run with patience the race that is fet before us...
Page 40 - ... that opens all his wants to him, that weeps before him for his sins, that asks remedy and support for his weakness, that fears him as a Judge, reverences him as a Lord, obeys him as a Father, and loves him as a Patron.
Page 242 - The cup of bleffing which we blefs, is it not the communion of the blood of Chrift? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Chrift ? For we being many are one bread, and one body, for we are all partakers of that one bread.
Page 38 - Him in the glass of the creation. In the face of the sun you may see God's beauty ; in the fire you may feel His heat warming ; in the water, His gentleness to refresh you...
Page 55 - The apostle calls it the band of perfection; it is the old, and it is the new, and it is the great commandment, and it is all the commandments; for it is the fulfilling of the law.