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... opinion , is visible to even the most vacant observer . And let us not cherish too fondly the illusion , that those things which we now think stable , will long be able to resist that invisible agency , which is at present overturning ...
... opinion , is visible to even the most vacant observer . And let us not cherish too fondly the illusion , that those things which we now think stable , will long be able to resist that invisible agency , which is at present overturning ...
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... opinion , that Jesus had not as yet exhibited evidence of his being the promised Messiah ; and their next object was to take the inves- tigation of that question into their own hands , with a firm determination never to be satisfied ...
... opinion , that Jesus had not as yet exhibited evidence of his being the promised Messiah ; and their next object was to take the inves- tigation of that question into their own hands , with a firm determination never to be satisfied ...
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... opinion , that the faith which does not enlighten , polish , and elevate man in this world , is not likely to be of much importance to him in any other world . The next country I look to is France . France was in fact , the glory of the ...
... opinion , that the faith which does not enlighten , polish , and elevate man in this world , is not likely to be of much importance to him in any other world . The next country I look to is France . France was in fact , the glory of the ...
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... opinion of their own divinity , had set up for the worship of their fellow mortals . If any chose to refuse submission , under plea of conscience towards God , he was treated as an infidel and traitor ; and when the sophistry of priests ...
... opinion of their own divinity , had set up for the worship of their fellow mortals . If any chose to refuse submission , under plea of conscience towards God , he was treated as an infidel and traitor ; and when the sophistry of priests ...
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... opinion , that the whole of Europe will be brought into that very state ; and I think we can visibly dis- cern the accelerating progress of the catastrophe . Our subject therefore requires , that we should cast a glance at the present ...
... opinion , that the whole of Europe will be brought into that very state ; and I think we can visibly dis- cern the accelerating progress of the catastrophe . Our subject therefore requires , that we should cast a glance at the present ...
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Page 47 - And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Page 70 - I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people : Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them : and I will make of thee a great
Page 93 - For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities ; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Page 72 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 62 - I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall ? God forbid : but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. Now, if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness...
Page 10 - He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather : for the sky is red.
Page 72 - For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers...
Page 71 - And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them ? I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
Page 12 - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Page 42 - And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.