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... counsel , as that which is good . God expressly declares his own agency in the ca- lamities , which befall mankind , whether they accrue in some special channel , or in one which is altogether common ; whether they are through the ...
... counsel , as that which is good . God expressly declares his own agency in the ca- lamities , which befall mankind , whether they accrue in some special channel , or in one which is altogether common ; whether they are through the ...
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... counsel shall stand , and I will do all my pleasure . " It is by giving indubitable proofs . of his familiar acquaintance with all things , whether past , present , or future , that the God of Israel evinces his own absolute di- vinity ...
... counsel shall stand , and I will do all my pleasure . " It is by giving indubitable proofs . of his familiar acquaintance with all things , whether past , present , or future , that the God of Israel evinces his own absolute di- vinity ...
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... counsel , and excellent in working . 2. That his government is not so partial and limited as to be capable of being illustrat- ed by any government that is instituted by man , or can be executed by a finite agent ; and 3. That it is a ...
... counsel , and excellent in working . 2. That his government is not so partial and limited as to be capable of being illustrat- ed by any government that is instituted by man , or can be executed by a finite agent ; and 3. That it is a ...
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... counsels of Providence against the sinners of Sodom , and receives his intercessions in return . The saint , while , with trembling and tears , he reflects on the miserable doom of so many of his fellow- men , cheerfully submits their ...
... counsels of Providence against the sinners of Sodom , and receives his intercessions in return . The saint , while , with trembling and tears , he reflects on the miserable doom of so many of his fellow- men , cheerfully submits their ...
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... counsel the destruction of Sodom , even upon their supposed perfect knowledge of the sins of that people . It would have been wicked in them to have desired such an event . But this does nothing towards proving , that the Judge of all ...
... counsel the destruction of Sodom , even upon their supposed perfect knowledge of the sins of that people . It would have been wicked in them to have desired such an event . But this does nothing towards proving , that the Judge of all ...
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Page 213 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ : according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love : having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved...
Page 177 - But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth ; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
Page 132 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 165 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ ; and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ...
Page 134 - For when God made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater, He sware by Himself, saying : — Surely blessing I will bless thee, And multiplying I will multiply thee.
Page 264 - Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
Page 254 - Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the LORD hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
Page 133 - His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
Page 128 - 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 nation.
Page 134 - If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.