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... promises of the Prophets , which were read on that day as the appointed lesson , were ful- filled in Him . They have loved and honoured Him up to this time , but they are not prepared for this . They fear the probable effects of such a ...
... promises of the Prophets , which were read on that day as the appointed lesson , were ful- filled in Him . They have loved and honoured Him up to this time , but they are not prepared for this . They fear the probable effects of such a ...
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... promise that His twelve disciples should sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel ( Matt . xix . 28 ) , and the Apocalyptic vision of the sealing of the tribes ( Rev. vii . 5-8 ) imply the same belief . The legend as to the ...
... promise that His twelve disciples should sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel ( Matt . xix . 28 ) , and the Apocalyptic vision of the sealing of the tribes ( Rev. vii . 5-8 ) imply the same belief . The legend as to the ...
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... promise ( Luke xi . 13 ) . and upbraideth not ] The word implies a contrast with human givers who too often , at the time or afterwards , mar their bounty with bitter and reproachful speeches . There seems here a direct allusion to the ...
... promise ( Luke xi . 13 ) . and upbraideth not ] The word implies a contrast with human givers who too often , at the time or afterwards , mar their bounty with bitter and reproachful speeches . There seems here a direct allusion to the ...
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... promise in Matt . vii . 7 ; Luke xi . 9 . 6. let him ask in faith ] The prominence thus given to faith at the very outset of the Epistle must be borne in mind in connection with the subsequent teaching of ch . ii . 14—26 . Faith , i . e ...
... promise in Matt . vii . 7 ; Luke xi . 9 . 6. let him ask in faith ] The prominence thus given to faith at the very outset of the Epistle must be borne in mind in connection with the subsequent teaching of ch . ii . 14—26 . Faith , i . e ...
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... promise of the same kind to those that love the Lord is found in Ecclus . xxxiv . 16 . 13. Let no man say when he is tempted ] The thought of trial as coming from outward circumstances , and forming part of man's spiritual education ...
... promise of the same kind to those that love the Lord is found in Ecclus . xxxiv . 16 . 13. Let no man say when he is tempted ] The thought of trial as coming from outward circumstances , and forming part of man's spiritual education ...
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Page 53 - For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth ; so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Page 86 - But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace...
Page 101 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Page 97 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire.
Page 73 - Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar ? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
Page 98 - Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth : and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton ; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
Page 61 - But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Page 80 - And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. So is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Page 92 - Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners ; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.