A practical treatise upon Christian perfection. Repr. [of the 1726 ed.]. |
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For consider , what can Christian Perfection be , but such a right performance of all the duties of life , as is according to the laws of Christ ? What can it be , but a living in such holy tempers , and acting with such dispositions as ...
For consider , what can Christian Perfection be , but such a right performance of all the duties of life , as is according to the laws of Christ ? What can it be , but a living in such holy tempers , and acting with such dispositions as ...
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... on account of their different conduct , though he gave them all one common rule of perfection . Did not God pardon frailties and infirmities , the best of men could not be rewarded . But consider now , does God's pardoning of ...
... on account of their different conduct , though he gave them all one common rule of perfection . Did not God pardon frailties and infirmities , the best of men could not be rewarded . But consider now , does God's pardoning of ...
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For consider , thou hearest there are different degrees of glory ; that they are proportioned to different states of goodness in this life , thou wilt therefore content thyself with a lower degree of goodness , being content to be of ...
For consider , thou hearest there are different degrees of glory ; that they are proportioned to different states of goodness in this life , thou wilt therefore content thyself with a lower degree of goodness , being content to be of ...
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He is to overlook the poor projects of human life , and consider himself as a creature through his natural corruption falling into a state of endless misery , but by the mercy of God redeemed to a condition of everlasting felicity .
He is to overlook the poor projects of human life , and consider himself as a creature through his natural corruption falling into a state of endless misery , but by the mercy of God redeemed to a condition of everlasting felicity .
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We must consider ourselves as parts of Christ's mystical body , and as members of a kingdom of heaven . In vain do we consider the beauty and strength of our bodies , our alliances with men , the privileges of birth , and the ...
We must consider ourselves as parts of Christ's mystical body , and as members of a kingdom of heaven . In vain do we consider the beauty and strength of our bodies , our alliances with men , the privileges of birth , and the ...
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Page 79 - Therefore take no thought, saying: What shall we eat? Or, what shall we drink? Or, wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek.) For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Page 16 - Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: 5.
Page 107 - And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Page 332 - There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead.
Page 390 - And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out : it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire ; where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Page 346 - Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Page 63 - And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom...
Page 55 - Then Jesus beholding him, loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest : go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven ; and come, take up the cross and follow me.
Page 155 - Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Page 22 - And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour...
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| Title | A practical treatise upon Christian perfection. Repr. [of the 1726 ed.]. |
| Author | William Law |
| Edition | 8 |
| Published | 1807 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 26 Apr 2007 |
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