Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin, Pastor of the French Church at the Hague: On the attributes of GodW.J. M'Cartee, 1813 |
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... finite and limited power ? I am well aware of the difficulty of following the attributes of the Deity , and that , in the greatest part of our reasonings on this grand subject , we suppose what ought to be proved . But as far as we are ...
... finite and limited power ? I am well aware of the difficulty of following the attributes of the Deity , and that , in the greatest part of our reasonings on this grand subject , we suppose what ought to be proved . But as far as we are ...
Page 129
... finite geniusses form : but such a plan cannot even approach the de signs of an infinite God . A life formed on this plan , might indeed exhaust a terrestrial love , but it could never reach the love of an infinite God . No , all the ...
... finite geniusses form : but such a plan cannot even approach the de signs of an infinite God . A life formed on this plan , might indeed exhaust a terrestrial love , but it could never reach the love of an infinite God . No , all the ...
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... finite spirit ; he can consider only one circle of objects at once , ma- ny ideas confound him ; if he would see too much he sees nothing , he must successively contemplate what he cannot contemplate in one moment . But God is an ...
... finite spirit ; he can consider only one circle of objects at once , ma- ny ideas confound him ; if he would see too much he sees nothing , he must successively contemplate what he cannot contemplate in one moment . But God is an ...
Page 154
... finite mind can fathom ; but designs which we shall one day know , and admire his wisdom when we know them , as we adore it now , though we know them not . Doth he send plagues , wars , famines ? It is to make those feel his justice who ...
... finite mind can fathom ; but designs which we shall one day know , and admire his wisdom when we know them , as we adore it now , though we know them not . Doth he send plagues , wars , famines ? It is to make those feel his justice who ...
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... finite mind : but an idea , however , as true as it is incomprehensi- ble . The existence of a mite , or of a grain of dust , or even of the most diminutive being in nature , is sufficient necessarily to conduct us to the indepen- dent ...
... finite mind : but an idea , however , as true as it is incomprehensi- ble . The existence of a mite , or of a grain of dust , or even of the most diminutive being in nature , is sufficient necessarily to conduct us to the indepen- dent ...
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Page 305 - Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
Page 165 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page 305 - See that ye refuse not him that speaketh : for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven...
Page 349 - That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation...
Page 331 - 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 118 - 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.
Page 305 - For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words...
Page 107 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God ; all things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Page 254 - Bacon, that the words of prophecy are to be interpreted as the words of one 'with whom a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years.
Page 153 - Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there : if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea ; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me," even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and...