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... human history have been preceded by uncon- scious or conscious prophecy . This may seem strange to such as ascribe to God the apathy of the Stoics , or who believe in the cold , iron necessity of an immanent spirit of nature ; but to ...
... human history have been preceded by uncon- scious or conscious prophecy . This may seem strange to such as ascribe to God the apathy of the Stoics , or who believe in the cold , iron necessity of an immanent spirit of nature ; but to ...
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... human affairs , which our mutable times have afforded . He may say with our own deposed Richard— " With mine own tears I washed away my balm , With mine own hands I gave away my crown , With mine own tongue deny my sacred state . " He ...
... human affairs , which our mutable times have afforded . He may say with our own deposed Richard— " With mine own tears I washed away my balm , With mine own hands I gave away my crown , With mine own tongue deny my sacred state . " He ...
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... humanity rising superior to itself , such vestiges of man in his best estate emancipated from the dominion of self ... human life ? It is refreshing to think that all is not " dark waters and thick clouds of the sky , " and that if in ...
... humanity rising superior to itself , such vestiges of man in his best estate emancipated from the dominion of self ... human life ? It is refreshing to think that all is not " dark waters and thick clouds of the sky , " and that if in ...
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... human nature . fixed calendar of lessons from Scripture would , I believe , and alone could have secured , in a Church constituted as yours is , the regular reading of the Bible from the pulpit . The " Directory " has left the quantity ...
... human nature . fixed calendar of lessons from Scripture would , I believe , and alone could have secured , in a Church constituted as yours is , the regular reading of the Bible from the pulpit . The " Directory " has left the quantity ...
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... human speech is , or has been divid- ed , it is obvious that the primary and essential business of the learner , is to ascertain the nature , meaning , and use of the vocables , or symbols , in the last and most perfect form which the ...
... human speech is , or has been divid- ed , it is obvious that the primary and essential business of the learner , is to ascertain the nature , meaning , and use of the vocables , or symbols , in the last and most perfect form which the ...
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Page 125 - And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Page 401 - God. He is the Rock, his work is perfect : for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Page 310 - ... to take order, that unity and peace be preserved in the church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered, and observed.
Page 379 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 104 - Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd one by one to everlasting rest; Thus at her felt approach, and secret might, Art after Art goes out, and all is Night: See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head!
Page 104 - Night primeval, and of Chaos old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus
Page 404 - For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Page 375 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the LORD'S sake, whether it be to the King as supreme, or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 30 - ... no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that burst from around him ; and he stands redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled, by the irresistible genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION.
Page 265 - For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.