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... created out of nothing , by his omni- potent power . Matter has not either thought , or will , or power ; and how could it , by any possible combination , produce pure intellectual faculties ? We might as well assert , that a tree may ...
... created out of nothing , by his omni- potent power . Matter has not either thought , or will , or power ; and how could it , by any possible combination , produce pure intellectual faculties ? We might as well assert , that a tree may ...
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... creation , including the hea- vens and the earth , prove his existence . Universal nature proclaims the being of a God ... created * Ned Craven , a plain Yorkshire man , once met an atheist , when the sun shone in his strength ; and ...
... creation , including the hea- vens and the earth , prove his existence . Universal nature proclaims the being of a God ... created * Ned Craven , a plain Yorkshire man , once met an atheist , when the sun shone in his strength ; and ...
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... creation ; and where there is design , there must be an intelligent Being ; and that Being , whose wisdom meets the eye in every direction , is the God whom we adore . In a well - built house , we see a fine display of mind ; but much ...
... creation ; and where there is design , there must be an intelligent Being ; and that Being , whose wisdom meets the eye in every direction , is the God whom we adore . In a well - built house , we see a fine display of mind ; but much ...
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... first pair , who were created by an almighty hand . Thus a tree may grow from a species ; but how was the first seed of its own tree produced ? Did man make himself ? The question is absurd ; but it may be put to 6 THE BEING OF A GOD .
... first pair , who were created by an almighty hand . Thus a tree may grow from a species ; but how was the first seed of its own tree produced ? Did man make himself ? The question is absurd ; but it may be put to 6 THE BEING OF A GOD .
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... created himself , or he was created by another . " He who makes himself , must be said to do one of these two things , that is , either to have made himself before he existed , or else to have made himself after he existed , either of ...
... created himself , or he was created by another . " He who makes himself , must be said to do one of these two things , that is , either to have made himself before he existed , or else to have made himself after he existed , either of ...
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Page 129 - And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel...
Page 323 - And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Page 57 - But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Page 354 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at ; but now commandeth all men every where to repent : because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained ; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Page 75 - Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night...
Page 120 - For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
Page 128 - Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Page 298 - Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways and live?
Page 335 - God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water, whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished; but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Page 88 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.