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... probably he has created as many of these exalted beings as the universe can at present contain ; but it could likewise con- tain an order of beings a little lower than angels , and such beings are men , who are capable of enjoying much ...
... probably he has created as many of these exalted beings as the universe can at present contain ; but it could likewise con- tain an order of beings a little lower than angels , and such beings are men , who are capable of enjoying much ...
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... probably of great natural abilities , but certainly destitute of that knowledge , which alone can conduct such creatures as we are , in safety through life . In this view of the earliest ages of the world , the only view which the ...
... probably of great natural abilities , but certainly destitute of that knowledge , which alone can conduct such creatures as we are , in safety through life . In this view of the earliest ages of the world , the only view which the ...
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... probably from Moses himself , but certainly from every other Israelite . That the Hebrew lawgiver did not himself look upon it as to be in force to all eter- nity , is evident from his saying to the people , ( i ) a little before he was ...
... probably from Moses himself , but certainly from every other Israelite . That the Hebrew lawgiver did not himself look upon it as to be in force to all eter- nity , is evident from his saying to the people , ( i ) a little before he was ...
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... probably the matter of the auro- ra , both cease to be visible , and seem to have passed away . The ritual laws that were instituted merely to preserve the descendants of Israel from the contagion of the surrounding idolatry , are ...
... probably the matter of the auro- ra , both cease to be visible , and seem to have passed away . The ritual laws that were instituted merely to preserve the descendants of Israel from the contagion of the surrounding idolatry , are ...
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... ( probably natives of Jerusalem ) who , imagining that the apostles uttered gibberish , charged them with being full of new wine , St Peter said , " Ye men of Judea , and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem , be this known unto you , and ...
... ( probably natives of Jerusalem ) who , imagining that the apostles uttered gibberish , charged them with being full of new wine , St Peter said , " Ye men of Judea , and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem , be this known unto you , and ...
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Page xii - And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
Page 477 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say : — " Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths :" for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Page ix - What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. Behold, all souls are mine ; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Page 100 - And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.
Page 107 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 265 - For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Page 373 - GOD, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds ; who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high...
Page 472 - THAT which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life ; (for the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us...
Page 494 - Christ not risen; and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ; whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
Page vii - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah : Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt ; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD.