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... language . By few words put together without effort , he could render thoughts luminous which many would have deemed worthy of pages of elaborate explanation : and perhaps his reputation was not so great with some , for reasons that ...
... language . By few words put together without effort , he could render thoughts luminous which many would have deemed worthy of pages of elaborate explanation : and perhaps his reputation was not so great with some , for reasons that ...
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... language with a purity and an elegance which have ; we apprehend , been seldom equalled . Like a scribe who is instructed unto the kingdom of God , he brought forth out of his treasury things new and old . ' His delivery , partaking of ...
... language with a purity and an elegance which have ; we apprehend , been seldom equalled . Like a scribe who is instructed unto the kingdom of God , he brought forth out of his treasury things new and old . ' His delivery , partaking of ...
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... language , or suffered the still whisper of divine philosophy ' to be lost amidst the various bustle of the world . " " The ancients , imperfect as their sciences were , knew more than enough of the harmony and design of the universe ...
... language , or suffered the still whisper of divine philosophy ' to be lost amidst the various bustle of the world . " " The ancients , imperfect as their sciences were , knew more than enough of the harmony and design of the universe ...
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... language of the Stoics loses much of its value , when we reflect upon their doctrine of fate , which meant some inexplicable necessity by which all things were controlled , and to which gods as well as men were compelled to yield . The ...
... language of the Stoics loses much of its value , when we reflect upon their doctrine of fate , which meant some inexplicable necessity by which all things were controlled , and to which gods as well as men were compelled to yield . The ...
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... Language , being the vehicle of human thought , could not convey a distinct account of subjects which the human faculties are unable to comprehend . There are facts relative to the essence and the dispensations of the Almighty which it ...
... Language , being the vehicle of human thought , could not convey a distinct account of subjects which the human faculties are unable to comprehend . There are facts relative to the essence and the dispensations of the Almighty which it ...
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Page 291 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord our Righteousness.
Page 498 - Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law, ROMANS 4 1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
Page 319 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a king shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Page 494 - But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Page 509 - For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
Page 520 - My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Page 71 - Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this ? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk...
Page 510 - How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
Page 365 - Remember the former things of old: For I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times the things that are not yet done, Saying, My counsel shall stand, And I will do all my pleasure...
Page 493 - Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Then said I, "Lo, I come:" in the volume of the book it is written of me, "I delight to do thy will, O my God." Yea, thy law is within my heart: I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.