Of knowledgeDaniel Fanshaw, 1816 - Conduct of life |
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... thoughtlessness ; conscience , that ever watchful and faithful monitor , is placed within the mind itself , to be always at hand , to judge of our characters and actions , and to alarm us with its stings and 8 OF VIRTUE .
... thoughtlessness ; conscience , that ever watchful and faithful monitor , is placed within the mind itself , to be always at hand , to judge of our characters and actions , and to alarm us with its stings and 8 OF VIRTUE .
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... judge it worth while to put him out of existence , but lets him go on to fill up the measure of his iniquity , and reap the fruit of his doings . Again , it is to be considered that Infinite Wisdom , intending to work out great and ...
... judge it worth while to put him out of existence , but lets him go on to fill up the measure of his iniquity , and reap the fruit of his doings . Again , it is to be considered that Infinite Wisdom , intending to work out great and ...
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... judge , be proportioned to them . And who can doubt that Infinite Goodness will make all possible allowances hereafter for those failures of weak and frail beings , which shall be found to have been owing to the mere infirmity of their ...
... judge , be proportioned to them . And who can doubt that Infinite Goodness will make all possible allowances hereafter for those failures of weak and frail beings , which shall be found to have been owing to the mere infirmity of their ...
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... judge proper for me , and necessary for his great ends ? Has not the potter power over the clay ? Suppose I should not in this life be convinced of my obligations to the Divine Good- ness upon the whole , does it follow that I never ...
... judge proper for me , and necessary for his great ends ? Has not the potter power over the clay ? Suppose I should not in this life be convinced of my obligations to the Divine Good- ness upon the whole , does it follow that I never ...
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... judge according to what experience teaches us of our own turn of mind , which in all probability is universal , we cannot suppose the happiness even of heaven itself would prove a happiness to beings who should attain it too easily ...
... judge according to what experience teaches us of our own turn of mind , which in all probability is universal , we cannot suppose the happiness even of heaven itself would prove a happiness to beings who should attain it too easily ...
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Page 222 - Behold the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely ; and this is his name, whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Page 12 - ... the blood of the martyrs has been the seed of the Church.
Page 151 - They go up by the mountains ; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over ; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
Page 151 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 151 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: The waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Page 151 - That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good. Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
Page 193 - Why should it be thought a thing incredible that God should raise the dead?
Page 151 - BLESS the Lord, O my soul : O Lord my God, thou art very great ; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain...
Page 152 - I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live : I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
Page 181 - Whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation. And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing ; and he doeth according to his will in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth...