Of knowledgeDaniel Fanshaw, 1816 - Conduct of life |
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... light does this show the Dignity of Human Na- ture ! What may we yet come to be ? Made in the image of God himself ! and taught to imitate his example ! to what heights may we thus come to be raised ? Would to God , we could be brought ...
... light does this show the Dignity of Human Na- ture ! What may we yet come to be ? Made in the image of God himself ! and taught to imitate his example ! to what heights may we thus come to be raised ? Would to God , we could be brought ...
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... light we may suppose we appear in before that eye which sees all things exactly as they are . We are therefore to consider , that we do not appear to our Maker under the same distinctions as we do to one an- other . He does not regard ...
... light we may suppose we appear in before that eye which sees all things exactly as they are . We are therefore to consider , that we do not appear to our Maker under the same distinctions as we do to one an- other . He does not regard ...
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... light , and can enjoy nothing of what makes the happiness of the state in which it is placed ? For , alas , there is no eating and drinking , no stock - jobbing or trafficking , no enjoyment of wine and women , no parliamenteering in ...
... light , and can enjoy nothing of what makes the happiness of the state in which it is placed ? For , alas , there is no eating and drinking , no stock - jobbing or trafficking , no enjoyment of wine and women , no parliamenteering in ...
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... light in which they appear to that Eye which com- prehends the universal system . If we thus enlarged our conceptions , we should never suffer our whole regards to be possessed by any one finite object whatever , not even by self . Nor ...
... light in which they appear to that Eye which com- prehends the universal system . If we thus enlarged our conceptions , we should never suffer our whole regards to be possessed by any one finite object whatever , not even by self . Nor ...
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... light they may be supposed to appear in to the All - comprehensive Mind . But I cannot bring myself to believe that my life appears to the Supreme Mind of such importance , that it ought to be preserved to the prejudice of sacred and ...
... light they may be supposed to appear in to the All - comprehensive Mind . But I cannot bring myself to believe that my life appears to the Supreme Mind of such importance , that it ought to be preserved to the prejudice of sacred and ...
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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...