A Discourse Concerning the Divine ProvidenceJ.R., 1715 - 452 pages |
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2dly Abſolute Power Acts againſt alſo Anſwer becauſe beſt Cafe Caſes Cauſe Chriſt Chriſtian chuſe confider Counſels Creatures defire dence deſerve Deſign destroy Deſtruction Diſcipline Diſpoſal Divine Providence eaſy Egypt eſpecially Eternal Events Evil Exerciſe firſt fome fuch give God's Government Goodneſs govern the World Happineſs happy harden himſelf Holiness Idolatry Ifrael impoffible Inſtance juſt Juſtice of Providence laſt leſs live Lord Mankind ment miferable Miſeries moſt muſt Nation Nature Neceffity neceſſary neſs never Objection obſerve Paffions pleaſes Pleaſures preſent preſerve profperous Promiſes prove puniſh Punishment purpoſe Reaſon reſolved reſpect Rewards Righteous ſaid ſame ſay Scripture ſecure ſee ſeems ſelf ſelves Senſe ſenſible ſent ſerve ſeveral ſhall ſhew ſhould Sinners Sins ſome ſometimes Sovereign Submiffion ſubmit ſuch Things ſuffer ſufficient ſuppoſe themſelves theſe thoſe thou truſt ture underſtand univerſal unſearchable unto uſe Vengeance Vertue vidence Virtue viſible wicked Wickedneſs wife Wisdom wiſe Worſhip
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Page 250 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Page 7 - Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
Page 62 - I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Page 426 - For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive ; And plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Page 395 - Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress ; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Page 6 - Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his mercy ; To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
Page 136 - Righteous art Thou, O Lord, when I plead with Thee : yet let me talk with Thee of Thy judgments : wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
Page 336 - But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. 5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
Page 426 - The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Page 58 - The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.