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... Hence we have frequently confronted the criticism of those who , in their pride , would make reason , and not Scripture , their supreme guide . The book will , we think , be found everywhere written in the spirit of a devout faith . Our ...
... Hence we have frequently confronted the criticism of those who , in their pride , would make reason , and not Scripture , their supreme guide . The book will , we think , be found everywhere written in the spirit of a devout faith . Our ...
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... hence he is called an angel - a term which is also singularly adapted to him as the herald and apostle of a new doctrine . If we accept the explanation by which Mahomet and his conquering and destructive forces and followers are ...
... hence he is called an angel - a term which is also singularly adapted to him as the herald and apostle of a new doctrine . If we accept the explanation by which Mahomet and his conquering and destructive forces and followers are ...
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... hence , vanity , or something which soon passes away . Adam's second son , whose history is recorded in Gen. iv . 1-10 . The name was connected , no doubt , with the consciousness of his parents that vanity and death were now introduced ...
... hence , vanity , or something which soon passes away . Adam's second son , whose history is recorded in Gen. iv . 1-10 . The name was connected , no doubt , with the consciousness of his parents that vanity and death were now introduced ...
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... hence , the word might often be explained simply to hate ; hence , also , men are described not only as abhorring what is evil , but also what is good [ Deut . xxxii . 19 ; Job xlii . 6 ; Ps . xxii . 24 ; lxxxix . 38 ; Isa . xlix . 7 ...
... hence , the word might often be explained simply to hate ; hence , also , men are described not only as abhorring what is evil , but also what is good [ Deut . xxxii . 19 ; Job xlii . 6 ; Ps . xxii . 24 ; lxxxix . 38 ; Isa . xlix . 7 ...
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... hence it is applied to precious stones of great hardness , and in particular to the diamond , which is itself a corruption of the word " adamant . " The word only occurs in our version in Ezek . iii . 9 , and Zech . vii . 12. The Hebrew ...
... hence it is applied to precious stones of great hardness , and in particular to the diamond , which is itself a corruption of the word " adamant . " The word only occurs in our version in Ezek . iii . 9 , and Zech . vii . 12. The Hebrew ...
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Page 255 - God, of one substance with the Father, took man's nature in the womb of the Blessed Virgin, of her substance : so that two whole and perfect natures — that is to say, the Godhead and Manhood — were joined together in one Person, never to be divided ; whereof is one Christ, very God and very Man...
Page 134 - ... and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness : and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited : and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Page 266 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Page 297 - ... all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD. 3 And the king stood on the platform, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book : and all the people stood to the covenant.
Page 374 - And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, "As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Page 34 - Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
Page 89 - And the other books, (as Hierome saith,) the Church doth read for example of life and instruction of manners ; but yet doth it not apply them to establish any doctrine.
Page 79 - Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren : and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.
Page 6 - And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
Page 34 - And the people gave a shout, saying : — " It is the voice of a god, and not of a man." And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory : and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.