The Contrast Between Good and Bad Men: Illustrated by the Biography and Truths of the Bible, Volume 1M. W. Dodd, 1855 |
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... reason for it in the fact , that this wicked generation was aban- doned of God . It is not easy to account for this intense and universal degeneracy by the ordina- ry influence of moral causes ; nor without the suppression of those ...
... reason for it in the fact , that this wicked generation was aban- doned of God . It is not easy to account for this intense and universal degeneracy by the ordina- ry influence of moral causes ; nor without the suppression of those ...
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... reason why the world is not now as bad as it was before the flood , is , that God restrains its wick- edness . We may not therefore overlook our obligations If to the Divine forbearance while contemplating the character and THE ...
... reason why the world is not now as bad as it was before the flood , is , that God restrains its wick- edness . We may not therefore overlook our obligations If to the Divine forbearance while contemplating the character and THE ...
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... reason for confi- dence in God than the meanest of his children . It is the privilege of every Christian to say , " At what time I am afraid , I will trust in thee ! " He who fills all things permits you to repose on his boundless love ...
... reason for confi- dence in God than the meanest of his children . It is the privilege of every Christian to say , " At what time I am afraid , I will trust in thee ! " He who fills all things permits you to repose on his boundless love ...
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... reason for it in the world , but God's sovereign will ; but God's will was the highest reason . He might have expostulated with God ; but he was silent . He might have urged strong reasons against the command ; but he had none to urge ...
... reason for it in the world , but God's sovereign will ; but God's will was the highest reason . He might have expostulated with God ; but he was silent . He might have urged strong reasons against the command ; but he had none to urge ...
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... cave of the mountain , we hear of him no more . There is design in this omission of the sacred writers ; and the reason of it is to be sought in the faults of ( his character . From this hour God consigns his name LOT . 103.
... cave of the mountain , we hear of him no more . There is design in this omission of the sacred writers ; and the reason of it is to be sought in the faults of ( his character . From this hour God consigns his name LOT . 103.
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Page 18 - AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Page 217 - Who can count the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth part of Israel ? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!
Page 175 - This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Page 199 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them : but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.