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... excellency they have . If the perfections of man be so contracted and kept within certain bounds , it is certain that they were not in his own power , and so were not from himself . Whatsoever hath a determinate being must be limited by ...
... excellency they have . If the perfections of man be so contracted and kept within certain bounds , it is certain that they were not in his own power , and so were not from himself . Whatsoever hath a determinate being must be limited by ...
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... excellency or perfection , must be in God . For we can conceive no perfection but what God hath given us a power to conceive . And he that gave us a power to conceive a transcendent perfection above whatever we saw or heard of , hath ...
... excellency or perfection , must be in God . For we can conceive no perfection but what God hath given us a power to conceive . And he that gave us a power to conceive a transcendent perfection above whatever we saw or heard of , hath ...
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... excellency in himself ; there is , therefore , some chief fountain of goodness whence all those various goodnesses in the world do flow . From all this it follows , if there be an order , and harmony , there must be an Orderer ; one ...
... excellency in himself ; there is , therefore , some chief fountain of goodness whence all those various goodnesses in the world do flow . From all this it follows , if there be an order , and harmony , there must be an Orderer ; one ...
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... excellency of his name , as many artists do in their works and watches . God's glory , like the filings of gold , is too precious to be lost wherever it drops : nothing so vile and base in the world , but carries in it an instruction ...
... excellency of his name , as many artists do in their works and watches . God's glory , like the filings of gold , is too precious to be lost wherever it drops : nothing so vile and base in the world , but carries in it an instruction ...
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Stephen Charnock. 47 intend an adoration of him according to the excellency of his nature . All those that are unconcerned for any particular religion fall under this character : though they own a God in general , yet ... excellency of ...
Stephen Charnock. 47 intend an adoration of him according to the excellency of his nature . All those that are unconcerned for any particular religion fall under this character : though they own a God in general , yet ... excellency of ...
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Page 304 - But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man, for he knew what was in man.
Page 242 - It is as high as heaven ; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
Page 104 - But the end of all things is at hand : be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Page 272 - Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight : but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Page 258 - An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen : in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
Page 400 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Page 57 - Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law; for I had not known lust, except the law had said, "Thou shalt not covet." But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence.
Page 227 - Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee : because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength...
Page 62 - I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Page 453 - The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.