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... infinite resources to supply our pressing need . The almighty power of God is then no longer an abstraction to us , —an intellectual conviction , but a present practical necessity ; not a perfection which we distantly contem- plate ...
... infinite resources to supply our pressing need . The almighty power of God is then no longer an abstraction to us , —an intellectual conviction , but a present practical necessity ; not a perfection which we distantly contem- plate ...
Page 49
... infinite wisdom and knowledge of God ? How his dread of the rage of Satan enhances to him the value of the love of God ! His unseen approaches exalt in our esteem God's gracious omnipresence . His access to our minds and hearts can only ...
... infinite wisdom and knowledge of God ? How his dread of the rage of Satan enhances to him the value of the love of God ! His unseen approaches exalt in our esteem God's gracious omnipresence . His access to our minds and hearts can only ...
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... reason again partake most freely of those joys which flow from endless communion with the infinite source of all blessedness . 8. And lastly the temptations of Satan redound to the glory of divine grace . It belongs SATAN . 61.
... reason again partake most freely of those joys which flow from endless communion with the infinite source of all blessedness . 8. And lastly the temptations of Satan redound to the glory of divine grace . It belongs SATAN . 61.
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... Infinite Majesty to receive the commissions of the King of kings , prompt to do His bidding and to execute His will , Satan is , though most re- luctantly , and in a different sense from them , yet as really and as truly , in the case ...
... Infinite Majesty to receive the commissions of the King of kings , prompt to do His bidding and to execute His will , Satan is , though most re- luctantly , and in a different sense from them , yet as really and as truly , in the case ...
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... infinite damage , or shall they be made to recoil harmless and pointless ? It is the most awful question which we can be summoned to answer ; and yet the decision of this question may be said to have been placed by the infinite grace of ...
... infinite damage , or shall they be made to recoil harmless and pointless ? It is the most awful question which we can be summoned to answer ; and yet the decision of this question may be said to have been placed by the infinite grace of ...
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Page 235 - When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder ; Then did he see it, and declare it ; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
Page 180 - For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another ; though my reins be consumed within me.
Page 305 - Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth ? declare if thou hast understanding.
Page 269 - Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. For he maketh sore, and bindeth up : he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Page 306 - And set bars and doors, And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 226 - Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
Page 170 - Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; a land of darkness, as darkness itself, and of the shadow of death, without any order and where the light is as darkness.
Page 267 - For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
Page 64 - Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister to them who shall be heirs of salvation...
Page 99 - But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil ? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.