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... punishment and hope of reward : there is , therefore , a sense of some superior judge , which hath the power both of rewarding and punish- ing . If man were his supreme rule , what need he fear punishment , since no man would inflict ...
... punishment and hope of reward : there is , therefore , a sense of some superior judge , which hath the power both of rewarding and punish- ing . If man were his supreme rule , what need he fear punishment , since no man would inflict ...
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... punishment , there is then some superior to whom they are accountable ; if there were no God , there were no punishment to fear . What reason of any fear , upon the dissolution of the knot between the soul and body , if there were not a ...
... punishment , there is then some superior to whom they are accountable ; if there were no God , there were no punishment to fear . What reason of any fear , upon the dissolution of the knot between the soul and body , if there were not a ...
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... punishment of the law , or , at least , was not reached by the law ; since , though the murder of Uriah was intended by him , it was not acted by him . Such examples are frequent in human records ; when the crime hath been above any ...
... punishment of the law , or , at least , was not reached by the law ; since , though the murder of Uriah was intended by him , it was not acted by him . Such examples are frequent in human records ; when the crime hath been above any ...
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... punishment ; when the sin of a nation or person is made legible in the inflicted judgment , which testifies that it cannot be a casual thing . The Scripture gives us an account of the necessity of such judgments , to keep up the ...
... punishment ; when the sin of a nation or person is made legible in the inflicted judgment , which testifies that it cannot be a casual thing . The Scripture gives us an account of the necessity of such judgments , to keep up the ...
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... punishment , he can never expect any future reward : all his hopes must be confined to a swinish and despicable manner of life , without any imaginations of so much as a dram of reserved happiness . He is in a worse condition than the ...
... punishment , he can never expect any future reward : all his hopes must be confined to a swinish and despicable manner of life , without any imaginations of so much as a dram of reserved happiness . He is in a worse condition than the ...
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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.