Select Pieces in Verse and Prose, Volume 2G. Davidson, 1816 - 617 pages |
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Page 265
... knowledge which is of general importance , is also of easy acquisition . In no subject is this truth more apparent , than in that , which is of all others the most interesting , Christianity ; the great doctrines of which , with the ...
... knowledge which is of general importance , is also of easy acquisition . In no subject is this truth more apparent , than in that , which is of all others the most interesting , Christianity ; the great doctrines of which , with the ...
Page 273
... knowledge and civilization . They had awaked in- deed from their dream of darkness , but they awaked only to wonder at themselves , to gaze with admiration at the surrounding objects , and inquire with hopeless curiosity , whence they ...
... knowledge and civilization . They had awaked in- deed from their dream of darkness , but they awaked only to wonder at themselves , to gaze with admiration at the surrounding objects , and inquire with hopeless curiosity , whence they ...
Page 281
... knowledge of divine dis- pensations , and ( which is more conclusive ) that the testi- mony of Revelation is very direct and convincing . The idea generally entertained of the goodness of God , to which this doctrine is supposed so ...
... knowledge of divine dis- pensations , and ( which is more conclusive ) that the testi- mony of Revelation is very direct and convincing . The idea generally entertained of the goodness of God , to which this doctrine is supposed so ...
Page 294
... knowledge spread farther , and descended lower . All this is stated with great plausibility ; and the obvious issue of the argument is , that the heathen superstition died a natural death ; that Chris- tianity seized indeed a vacant ...
... knowledge spread farther , and descended lower . All this is stated with great plausibility ; and the obvious issue of the argument is , that the heathen superstition died a natural death ; that Chris- tianity seized indeed a vacant ...
Page 295
... knowledge , repose , and free internal communication were enjoyed by a large portion of the world ; and in which therefore , ac- cording to ordinary probabilities , the truth of Christianity could be ascertained by enlightened ...
... knowledge , repose , and free internal communication were enjoyed by a large portion of the world ; and in which therefore , ac- cording to ordinary probabilities , the truth of Christianity could be ascertained by enlightened ...
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Page 474 - For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith...
Page 274 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Page 432 - Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Page 410 - He that is of God heareth God's words. Ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
Page 432 - ... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 468 - Christ ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works,
Page 411 - But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning, who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
Page 537 - I shall do so ; But I must also feel it as a man : I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me.
Page 482 - And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie : but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Page 396 - O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.