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Behold he cometh in the clouds , and every eye shall see him , and they also “
who pierced him , and all the kindreds of the “ earth , shall wail because of him ; ”
meaning , no doubt , his enemies , and by no means his friends , to whom it will
be ...
Behold he cometh in the clouds , and every eye shall see him , and they also “
who pierced him , and all the kindreds of the “ earth , shall wail because of him ; ”
meaning , no doubt , his enemies , and by no means his friends , to whom it will
be ...
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... and count them but dung that I may win “ Christ , that I may know him , and the
power of his “ resurrection , and the fellowship of his sufferings , “ being made
conformable unto his death ; if by “ any means I may attain to the resurrection of
the ...
... and count them but dung that I may win “ Christ , that I may know him , and the
power of his “ resurrection , and the fellowship of his sufferings , “ being made
conformable unto his death ; if by “ any means I may attain to the resurrection of
the ...
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Now , what can we conceive to be a more worthy end of the divine action , than
the happiness of his creatures ? And what is a fitter means to promote this end
than virtue ! This we are convinced of , not only because it is most agreeable to ...
Now , what can we conceive to be a more worthy end of the divine action , than
the happiness of his creatures ? And what is a fitter means to promote this end
than virtue ! This we are convinced of , not only because it is most agreeable to ...
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Is it not from him that we derive all our capacity for pleasure , and all our means of
avoiding pain ? Hath he not provided us with pleasures proper and sufficient to
satisfy all the regular calls of nature ? Hath he not crowned our lives with loving ...
Is it not from him that we derive all our capacity for pleasure , and all our means of
avoiding pain ? Hath he not provided us with pleasures proper and sufficient to
satisfy all the regular calls of nature ? Hath he not crowned our lives with loving ...
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So prone , alas ! is the mind of man to su . perstition , that hardly any thing can be
prescribed to us , as a means of virtue , but we immediately acquiesce in it as an
end ; and not only so , but the consequence of a punctilious observance of ...
So prone , alas ! is the mind of man to su . perstition , that hardly any thing can be
prescribed to us , as a means of virtue , but we immediately acquiesce in it as an
end ; and not only so , but the consequence of a punctilious observance of ...
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Seite 99 - Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church...
Seite 91 - I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom; preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine.
Seite 64 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Seite 48 - I have been in the deep; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Seite 83 - Christ raised; and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
Seite 99 - And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. From henceforth let no man trouble me, for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
Seite 67 - But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Seite 67 - Saviour ; knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying ; Where is the promise of his coming ? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
Seite 170 - And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Seite 86 - If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.
Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | Discourses on Various Subjects, Intended to Have Been Delivered in Philadelphia: To which are Added Some Others Selected from the Same Author Band 43,Ausgabe 1 von Works, Joseph Priestley |
| Autor/in | Joseph Priestley |
| Verlag | John Binns, 1805 |
| Original von | Harvard University |
| Digitalisiert | 8. Jan. 2007 |
| Länge | 385 Seiten |
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