The Messiah, Or, The Redemption of Man: A Poem, in Thirteen Booksauthor, 1830 - 423 pages |
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Page vi
... wicked and malevolent spiritual being always at enmity with Him . Through the crafty influence of this evil spirit our first- parents disobeyed the just command of their Maker , thereby sinned , and so introduced sin into the world ...
... wicked and malevolent spiritual being always at enmity with Him . Through the crafty influence of this evil spirit our first- parents disobeyed the just command of their Maker , thereby sinned , and so introduced sin into the world ...
Page vii
... indi- viduals to confer upon them special offices of trust un- der His government of the world , to be his agents in awarding temporal punishment to the wicked , and to preach salvation to man ; and the clay has no PREFACE . vii .
... indi- viduals to confer upon them special offices of trust un- der His government of the world , to be his agents in awarding temporal punishment to the wicked , and to preach salvation to man ; and the clay has no PREFACE . vii .
Page viii
... wicked subjects , He preferred the younger brother Ja- cob to Esau the elder , He selected Abraham to be the individual from whose offspring the great Redeemer should become mortal , and on that account gave to them His law in order to ...
... wicked subjects , He preferred the younger brother Ja- cob to Esau the elder , He selected Abraham to be the individual from whose offspring the great Redeemer should become mortal , and on that account gave to them His law in order to ...
Page ix
... wicked countrymen afford convincing proofs to the contrary , and tell plainly that though we know the truth , and faithfully practise it , yet we may fall from it and eternally perish . Thus much had not been said upon this subject had ...
... wicked countrymen afford convincing proofs to the contrary , and tell plainly that though we know the truth , and faithfully practise it , yet we may fall from it and eternally perish . Thus much had not been said upon this subject had ...
Page xxi
... wicked state , they shall be finally subdued by the Romans , and their temple and polity for ever destroyed ; and those who escape the slaughter shall be sold for slaves among the nations of the earth , until the Messiah releases them ...
... wicked state , they shall be finally subdued by the Romans , and their temple and polity for ever destroyed ; and those who escape the slaughter shall be sold for slaves among the nations of the earth , until the Messiah releases them ...
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Page 364 - Let there be light, said God ; And forthwith light Ethereal, first of things, quintessence pure, Sprung from the deep...
Page 370 - Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life: the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Page 399 - This know, also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God ; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Page 366 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 371 - Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly ; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind : neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Page 371 - Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Page 366 - And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven, and every thing that is in the earth shall die, but with thee will I establish My Covenant, and thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons
Page 371 - Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee : then whose shall these things be which thou hast provided ? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Page 370 - LET a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
Page 364 - ... and it was so. And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth...