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Revelation, by the Authoress of 'revelation the Orb of Light'.
Revelation by the Authoress of 'revelation the Orb of Light' Author:Revelation General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1863 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. UPON THE GOOD AND EVIL NATURE IN MAN. It is impossible to deny the truth that good and evil are inherited qualities; spiritual generation, and inherited moral corruption, are doctrines taught in Scripture; and in this chapter I shall just glance at them as 1 find them there. First, St. Peter said, "A chosen generation" (1 Pet. ii. 9.) " Who shall declare his generation?" (Isa. liii. 8.) " When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed." (v. 10.) " God is in the generation of the righteous." (Ps. xiv. 5.) " Doth his promise fail to generation and generation ?" (Ixxvii. 8.) " Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon earth; the generation of the upright shall be blessed." (cxii. 1, 2.) In the calling of Adam, we have seen the holy seed left in him; in the calling of Abraham the same inheritance, -- " I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee, in their generations." (Gen. xvii. 7, 9.) And in the calling of the Jewish Church, God said, " The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaae, and the God of Jacob : this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations." (Exod. iii. 15.) " Know, therefore, that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a tho...« less