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... sufficient number of spectators to praise their charity . They affected a dismal countenance , a demure behavior , and a sour un- social demeanour , which constitute the true garb of hy- pocrisy ; but , all the while , they were totally ...
... sufficient number of spectators to praise their charity . They affected a dismal countenance , a demure behavior , and a sour un- social demeanour , which constitute the true garb of hy- pocrisy ; but , all the while , they were totally ...
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... sufficiently acquainted with human nature to know , that if men are not permitted to worship God according to their conscience , they will not worship him at all ; we are equally certain , that when men are chusing their religion , if ...
... sufficiently acquainted with human nature to know , that if men are not permitted to worship God according to their conscience , they will not worship him at all ; we are equally certain , that when men are chusing their religion , if ...
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... sufficiently on this head of my discourse . Whether I have rightly conjectured the causes which divine providence will employ in the approaching dissolution of political society , I dare not say . But the general event is certain ...
... sufficiently on this head of my discourse . Whether I have rightly conjectured the causes which divine providence will employ in the approaching dissolution of political society , I dare not say . But the general event is certain ...
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... sufficient to enable us to ascertain what are our duties in this age . I shall content my- self with calling your attention to a few general facts . 1. At the end of the prophetic period of one thou- sand two hundred and three score ...
... sufficient to enable us to ascertain what are our duties in this age . I shall content my- self with calling your attention to a few general facts . 1. At the end of the prophetic period of one thou- sand two hundred and three score ...
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... sufficient number . So long as the gospel is publickly preached , the sacraments adminis- tered , and social organization preserved in the church , so long Christ's witnesses bear testimony to his grace , and truth . The candle is not ...
... sufficient number . So long as the gospel is publickly preached , the sacraments adminis- tered , and social organization preserved in the church , so long Christ's witnesses bear testimony to his grace , and truth . The candle is not ...
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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.