The Philosophy of Religion: Or an Illustration of the Moral Laws of the Universe |
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... mercy , and patience , would degenerate into empty names , and form no solid foundation for the exercise of confidence and hope . And , therefore , it is the duty of every Christian to en- deavour , by every proper means , to enlarge ...
... mercy , and patience , would degenerate into empty names , and form no solid foundation for the exercise of confidence and hope . And , therefore , it is the duty of every Christian to en- deavour , by every proper means , to enlarge ...
Page 47
... mercy toward them that fear him . The mercy of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting , upon them that fear him ; and his righteousness unto children's children.- Many , O Lord , my God , are thy wonderful works , which thou hast ...
... mercy toward them that fear him . The mercy of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting , upon them that fear him ; and his righteousness unto children's children.- Many , O Lord , my God , are thy wonderful works , which thou hast ...
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... Mercy and Patience of God . Mercy has its sourse in the Divine Goodness , and may be considered as a particular modification of the Benevolence of the Deity . Goodness is the genus , Mercy the species . The Goodness of God extends to ...
... Mercy and Patience of God . Mercy has its sourse in the Divine Goodness , and may be considered as a particular modification of the Benevolence of the Deity . Goodness is the genus , Mercy the species . The Goodness of God extends to ...
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... mercy , and forbearance , we find in the character of mankind , as delineated in the page of history , the principle of revenge operating more powerfully than almost any other disposition ; and , therefore , when any striking instance ...
... mercy , and forbearance , we find in the character of mankind , as delineated in the page of history , the principle of revenge operating more powerfully than almost any other disposition ; and , therefore , when any striking instance ...
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... , they have often had the effrontery to implore the assistance of the God of mercy in this work of horror and destruction . When , to all these abominable dispositions and practices , we add 50 THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION .
... , they have often had the effrontery to implore the assistance of the God of mercy in this work of horror and destruction . When , to all these abominable dispositions and practices , we add 50 THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION .
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Page 252 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with' violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Page 61 - For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Page 244 - But without faith it is impossible to please God ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Page 47 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand : When I awake, I am still with thee.
Page 140 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 341 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common ; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Page 53 - Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
Page 47 - I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
Page 197 - And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child : and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Page 144 - Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.