Theology: Explained and Defended in a Series of Sermons, Volume 1Clark and Lyman, 1818 |
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... furnish but few incidents for the labours of the biographer or the entertainment of his readers . Mankind are attracted rather by what is brilliant in character and daring in action , than by the less splendid achievements of learning ...
... furnish but few incidents for the labours of the biographer or the entertainment of his readers . Mankind are attracted rather by what is brilliant in character and daring in action , than by the less splendid achievements of learning ...
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... furnished him with the requisite books , and the wisdom and affection of his mother with the ne- cessary guidance . He was previously familiar with the histori- cal parts of the Bible . She first turned his attention to Josephus and ...
... furnished him with the requisite books , and the wisdom and affection of his mother with the ne- cessary guidance . He was previously familiar with the histori- cal parts of the Bible . She first turned his attention to Josephus and ...
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... furnished him and his companions with authority to introduce and to justify this change and became in a sense the only written law in force . The pur- port of this clause was , that , as the Laws of the College were few and general ...
... furnished him and his companions with authority to introduce and to justify this change and became in a sense the only written law in force . The pur- port of this clause was , that , as the Laws of the College were few and general ...
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... furnished by the effects of his Presidency . Yale College was founded by a number of pi ous clergymen without property , who had little to bestow upon it but a few books on Theology . It has always struggled for . ward through great ...
... furnished by the effects of his Presidency . Yale College was founded by a number of pi ous clergymen without property , who had little to bestow upon it but a few books on Theology . It has always struggled for . ward through great ...
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... furnished by other gentlemen . - But , as it proved less easy than he imagined to obtain the performance of a task attended with some labour and no profit , the business languished in hands far less occupied than his own , and the prin ...
... furnished by other gentlemen . - But , as it proved less easy than he imagined to obtain the performance of a task attended with some labour and no profit , the business languished in hands far less occupied than his own , and the prin ...
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Page 375 - ... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come.
Page 37 - THE FOOL hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Page 527 - For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead ; so that they are without excuse. Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations. and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible...
Page 467 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field: upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat, all the days of thy life: and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Page 490 - What then ? are we better than they ? No, in no wise : for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin...
Page 505 - The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them...
Page 445 - And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. Chapter 3 1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Page 73 - Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth : and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure : yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment: As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
Page 104 - Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord that He might be glorified.
Page 221 - For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth : for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.