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... cause : some mysterious force intensified by your ignorance assails it , so that you do not wish to know for certain , that which for certain , you are sure you know nothing of . . . . The sect , you say , is punished in the name of its ...
... cause : some mysterious force intensified by your ignorance assails it , so that you do not wish to know for certain , that which for certain , you are sure you know nothing of . . . . The sect , you say , is punished in the name of its ...
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... cause of existence of all other beings , is God . He then asked Is there any Science which furnishes us with the knowledge of things which relate both to God and man ? . . . Yes said I. " The conversation unfolds with increasing ...
... cause of existence of all other beings , is God . He then asked Is there any Science which furnishes us with the knowledge of things which relate both to God and man ? . . . Yes said I. " The conversation unfolds with increasing ...
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... cause for spontaneous healing than the bestowal of personal gifts for a brief space of time . Was the theology of those early days different from the theories which have become crystallized in the Churches in the process of time ? We ...
... cause for spontaneous healing than the bestowal of personal gifts for a brief space of time . Was the theology of those early days different from the theories which have become crystallized in the Churches in the process of time ? We ...
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... cause . This characteristic quotation from Hippolytus ( 200 A.D. ) is an example : " But God who created the world did not , nor does not make evil . He makes what is glorious and excellent ; for He who makes it is good . . . . But man ...
... cause . This characteristic quotation from Hippolytus ( 200 A.D. ) is an example : " But God who created the world did not , nor does not make evil . He makes what is glorious and excellent ; for He who makes it is good . . . . But man ...
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... cause them , but over - rules for good the crimes of His enemies . " Respecting this Mrs. Eddy says : " That God's wrath should be vented upon His beloved Son , is divinely unnatural . Such a theory is man - made . The atonement is a ...
... cause them , but over - rules for good the crimes of His enemies . " Respecting this Mrs. Eddy says : " That God's wrath should be vented upon His beloved Son , is divinely unnatural . Such a theory is man - made . The atonement is a ...
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Page 213 - But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob...
Page 100 - For the right faith is, that we believe and confess : that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and Man...
Page 486 - Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not ; for I am not yet ascended to my Father ; but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father ; and to my God and your God.
Page 100 - Faith is this: that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity; Neither confounding the Persons: nor dividing the substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son : and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one: the glory equal, the Majesty coeternal.
Page 385 - Sorrow is hard to bear, and doubt is slow to clear, Each sufferer says his say, his scheme of the weal and woe: But God has a few of us whom he whispers in the ear; The rest may reason and welcome: 'tis we musicians know.
Page 401 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food: For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Page 287 - I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust.
Page 496 - For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
Page 467 - On England's annals, through the long Hereafter of her speech and song, That light its rays shall cast From portals of the past. A lady with a lamp shall stand In the great history of the land, A noble type of good, Heroic womanhood.
Page 213 - And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, " Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.