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... speak such apparent con- tradictions . If the reader be apt to wonder that Mr. Adam should sometimes speak so triumphantly of the happiness and holiness of a Christian , at other times so feelingly of his corruption and misery , he must ...
... speak such apparent con- tradictions . If the reader be apt to wonder that Mr. Adam should sometimes speak so triumphantly of the happiness and holiness of a Christian , at other times so feelingly of his corruption and misery , he must ...
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... speaking of himself in Rom . vii . will be farther obviated by considering that it is not a practical course of wickedness which he means , when he talks of being " carnal , sold under sin : concupiscence is the term he uses , and that ...
... speaking of himself in Rom . vii . will be farther obviated by considering that it is not a practical course of wickedness which he means , when he talks of being " carnal , sold under sin : concupiscence is the term he uses , and that ...
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... speak after this man- ner ; and I dare assert , that none ever did . We know very well how men act under this indifference of temper ; they suppose themselves to have made mighty efforts towards the instruction of their minds , when ...
... speak after this man- ner ; and I dare assert , that none ever did . We know very well how men act under this indifference of temper ; they suppose themselves to have made mighty efforts towards the instruction of their minds , when ...
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... speak not this from the pious zeal of rapturous devotion ; on the contrary , I affirm , that the love of ourselves , the interest of mankind , and the most simple glimmerings of reason , do na- turally inspire us with these sentiments ...
... speak not this from the pious zeal of rapturous devotion ; on the contrary , I affirm , that the love of ourselves , the interest of mankind , and the most simple glimmerings of reason , do na- turally inspire us with these sentiments ...
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... speak , which reflects upon itself , and upon every thing around me , is yet as ignorant of itself as it is of every thing else . I behold these frightful spaces of the universe with which I am encompassed , and feel myself confined to ...
... speak , which reflects upon itself , and upon every thing around me , is yet as ignorant of itself as it is of every thing else . I behold these frightful spaces of the universe with which I am encompassed , and feel myself confined to ...
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Page 99 - I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing : therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live...
Page 137 - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Page 164 - Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.
Page 279 - And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
Page 139 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Page 58 - Who is wise, and he shall understand these things ? prudent, and he shall know them ? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them : but the transgressors shall fall therein.
Page 152 - I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
Page 99 - And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Page 99 - And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
Page 283 - ... it is God who worketh in us, both to will and to do of his good pleasure.