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Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 22: 1876 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: and Enoch walked with God, after he begat Methuselah, three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: and all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him." Genesis 5:21-24.
You Can Do Greater Things Than Christ by Kuyper, Abraham (1837-1920)
Chapter 1 MIRACLES Anyone seeking to understand miracles must keep in mind the painful struggle in which the human race is involved against nature. In this struggle, the human race is at a disadvantage.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
This article treats briefly of the individual catacomb cemeteries in the vicinity of Rome. For general information on the Roman catacombs, see ROMAN CATACOMBS.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
(Italian Cristoforo Colombo; Spanish Cristoval Colon.) Born at Genoa, or on Genoese territory, probably 1451; died at Valladolid, Spain, 20 May 1506. His family was respectable, but of limited means, so that the early education of Columbus was defective.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
By this term is understood an account of how the universe (cosmos) came into being (gonia — gegona = I have become). It differs from cosmology, or the science of the universe, in this:…
Doctrinal Divinity by Gill, John (1697-1771)
Chapter 11 Of The Of The Corruption Of Human Nature. Having proved the imputation of the guilt of Adam’s sin to his posterity, what follows upon this is, the corruption of nature derived unto them from him; by which is meant, the general depravity of mankind, of all the individuals of human nature, and of all the powers and faculties of the soul, and members of the body.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 09: 1863 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last." Revelation 22:13. EVERY Sunday school child knows that there is no great mystery hidden in the words, "Alpha and Omega." We have here the names of the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, so that the sense would be, "I am A and great O," in the Greek, or in plain English,…
Body of Divinity by Watson, Thomas (c. 1620-1686)
Q-12: I proceed to the next question, WHAT SPECIAL ACT OF PROVIDENCE DID GOD EXERCISE TOWARDS MAN IN THE ESTATE WHEREIN HE WAS CREATED? A: When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him upon condition of perfect obedience, forbidding him to eat of the tree of knowledge upon pain of death.
Sermons on Several Occasions by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
Sermon 141 [text from the 1872 edition] On the Holy Spirit Preached at St. Mary’s, Oxford, on Whitsunday, 1736. “Now the Lord is that Spirit.” 2 Cor. 3:17. The Apostle had been showing how the gospel ministry was superior to that of the law: The time being now come when types and shadows should be laid aside,…
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 11: 1865 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"How will you do in the swelling of Jordan?" Jeremiah 12:5. CANAAN may be considered as a type of two states or conditions in the Christian's life. It was the land of rest to the children of Israel after a weary pilgrimage in the wilderness.