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- noun Plural form of
dispensation .
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Examples
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What we call dispensations are but epochs in the divine government.
Love's Final Victory Horatio
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The equity of God's dispensations is always certain, for his righteousness is as the great mountains, but not always to be accounted for, for his judgments are a great deep.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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And you will find in the Scriptures, in difficult dispensations, that is very many times the request of the saints to God, “How long?”
Several Practical Cases of Conscience Resolved 1616-1683 1965
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Sometimes indeed clouds and darkness are round about him; his dispensations are altogether unaccountable; his way is in the sea and his path in the great waters.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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It's called Dispensationalism, because in this system, history is divided into seven "dispensations" or ages within an age.
Valerie Tarico: End Times: Prophecies, Hallucinations, or History? 2009
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If it is a question of favors, such as dispensations or increased faculties, these agents prepare the proper supplications and call repeatedly on the officials of the proper congregation until an answer is obtained.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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I do not remember anything that the preacher ever said, except some words which I thought sounded well, -- such as "dispensations,"
A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) Lucy Larcom 1858
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A prime example of this is to be found among so-called Dispensational Fundamentalists, who hold to an elaborate theory which posits that at various stages in history God has dealt with man according to different "dispensations," such as the "Adamic dispensation," the "Noaic dispensation," the
Latest Articles Orthodox Christian Information Center 2010
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Darby taught that Biblical history is divided into seven "dispensations" or periods of time.
Latest Articles 2010
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Darby taught that Biblical history is divided into seven "dispensations" or periods of time.
Latest Articles 2010
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