Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 3; Volume 21O. Everett, 1837 |
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... hands of the priests , who confined them jealously to their own order , and never suffered any one who was not of their caste to re- ceive the least portion of instruction . And their attainments were such as to give them a commanding ...
... hands of the priests , who confined them jealously to their own order , and never suffered any one who was not of their caste to re- ceive the least portion of instruction . And their attainments were such as to give them a commanding ...
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... hand as vigorous as his own ; and its fate was like that of the Roman Empire . The oppressed barbarians rose at last , and not only reclaimed their own , but bore down and overwhelmed their masters . Moreover , while it existed , the ...
... hand as vigorous as his own ; and its fate was like that of the Roman Empire . The oppressed barbarians rose at last , and not only reclaimed their own , but bore down and overwhelmed their masters . Moreover , while it existed , the ...
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... hands . He did not attempt to bind together these separate states by a confederacy ; such a government , even if it would have held them together , would not have been vigor- ous and decided enough in its action . He therefore drew up a ...
... hands . He did not attempt to bind together these separate states by a confederacy ; such a government , even if it would have held them together , would not have been vigor- ous and decided enough in its action . He therefore drew up a ...
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... manner as to insure the administration of justice without delay . The Hebrew statesman considered this trust so important , that he intended to retain it in his own hands . But 1836. ] 15 Character and Institutions of Moses .
... manner as to insure the administration of justice without delay . The Hebrew statesman considered this trust so important , that he intended to retain it in his own hands . But 1836. ] 15 Character and Institutions of Moses .
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... hands of an individual , he wished to have executive purposes answered without setting apart a single person for that tempting distinction , trusting that , on emergencies , men would appear , who could discharge the duty required by ...
... hands of an individual , he wished to have executive purposes answered without setting apart a single person for that tempting distinction , trusting that , on emergencies , men would appear , who could discharge the duty required by ...
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Page 99 - And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, "Peace, be still." And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. And he said unto them, " Why are ye so fearful ? how is it that ye have no faith?" And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, " What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
Page 144 - And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews : to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law...
Page 376 - Truly, shepherd, in respect of itself it is a good life ; but in respect that it is a shepherd's life, it is naught. In respect that it is solitary, I like it very well ; but in respect that it is private, it is a very vile life. Now in respect it is in the fields, it pleaseth me well ; but in respect it is not in the court, it is tedious.
Page 138 - Well believe this, No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace, As mercy does.
Page 83 - Heaven, It is mysterious, it is awful to consider that we not only carry each a future Ghost within him ; but are, in very deed, Ghosts ! These Limbs, whence had we them ; this stormy Force ; this life-blood with its burning Passion? They are dust and shadow; a Shadow-system gathered round our ME ; wherein, through some moments or years, the Divine Essence is to be revealed in the Flesh.
Page 374 - Material objects," said a French philosopher, "are necessarily kinds of scorice of the substantial thoughts of the Creator, which must always preserve an exact relation to their first origin; in other words, visible nature must have a spiritual and moral side." This doctrine is abstruse, and though the images of "garment...
Page 81 - Celeste and Hegel's Philosophy, and the epitome of all Laboratories and Observatories with their results, in his single head, — is but a Pair of Spectacles behind which there is no Eye.
Page 206 - Man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation; so as a natural man, being altogether averse from that good, and dead in sin, is not able, by his own strength, to convert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto.
Page 89 - ... 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 193 - All mankind by their fall, lost communion with God, are under his wrath and curse, and so made liable to all the miseries of this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell for ever.