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Page viii
... means all things are preserved , by which they are produced , it cannot but be certain , that the present state of the church requires a greater care and prudence in this ministry than ever ; especially since by preaching some endeavour ...
... means all things are preserved , by which they are produced , it cannot but be certain , that the present state of the church requires a greater care and prudence in this ministry than ever ; especially since by preaching some endeavour ...
Page xiv
... means of the slow operation of argu- ment , and the silent force of Christian example . The Apostles were complete in their simple inspi- ration - in the irresistible strength of a faith mira- culously imparted . Again , the Fathers ...
... means of the slow operation of argu- ment , and the silent force of Christian example . The Apostles were complete in their simple inspi- ration - in the irresistible strength of a faith mira- culously imparted . Again , the Fathers ...
Page xvii
... means of the people's cultivation - the only means ; and they were in- tensely susceptible of its advantages . They had leisure too for thought and space for feeling , un- connected with bodily wants and privations , un- known to the ...
... means of the people's cultivation - the only means ; and they were in- tensely susceptible of its advantages . They had leisure too for thought and space for feeling , un- connected with bodily wants and privations , un- known to the ...
Page xxvi
... means by which the effect is to be produced are narrowed , we are the more loudly called upon to labour strenuously to accomplish all we can within the allowed compass . Conciseness and simpli- city are by no means to be confounded with ...
... means by which the effect is to be produced are narrowed , we are the more loudly called upon to labour strenuously to accomplish all we can within the allowed compass . Conciseness and simpli- city are by no means to be confounded with ...
Page xxvii
... means divinely insti- tuted for the highest cultivation and improvement of the thoughts and habits of mankind , has doubtless yet a momentous and a noble part to perform , in bringing about what remains to be completed of the great ...
... means divinely insti- tuted for the highest cultivation and improvement of the thoughts and habits of mankind , has doubtless yet a momentous and a noble part to perform , in bringing about what remains to be completed of the great ...
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Page 75 - Lord, according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue : whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises : that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Page 227 - For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God : and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God ? 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Page 117 - This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Page 72 - Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Page 185 - Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us...
Page 236 - 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 55 - But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Page 215 - God; who will render to every man according to his deeds: to them who, by patient continuance in well-doing, seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life; but unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath: tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that doeth evil...
Page 276 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment ; 'but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Page 237 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another : and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of Hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels ; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.