The Christian Ministry: With an Inquiry Into the Causes of Its Inefficiency, and with an Especial Reference to the Ministry of the Establishment |
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... faith did not in some measure enable us to prove , that “ our sufficiency is of God ; " who with an enlightened apprehension , could enter upon such an awful ser- vice , or , if entered , continue in it ? But how solemn is the sanction ...
... faith did not in some measure enable us to prove , that “ our sufficiency is of God ; " who with an enlightened apprehension , could enter upon such an awful ser- vice , or , if entered , continue in it ? But how solemn is the sanction ...
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... faith " of the Thessalonians . 3 Peter wrote his second epistle to those that " were established in the faith ; " yet " he would not on that account be negligent to put them always in remembrance of these things . " For the same reason ...
... faith " of the Thessalonians . 3 Peter wrote his second epistle to those that " were established in the faith ; " yet " he would not on that account be negligent to put them always in remembrance of these things . " For the same reason ...
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... faith , when we cannot discern the reasons of his dispensations . Doubtless he might have in- structed as well as converted Paul by a miracle ; but it was his pleasure to direct him to a fellow - sinner for the explicit revelation of ...
... faith , when we cannot discern the reasons of his dispensations . Doubtless he might have in- structed as well as converted Paul by a miracle ; but it was his pleasure to direct him to a fellow - sinner for the explicit revelation of ...
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... faith , the privileges of prayer , and the heavenly support of the word of God ; and to furnish us with " the tongue of the learned ; " that from our own experience of the difficulties and supports of the Christian warfare we " should ...
... faith , the privileges of prayer , and the heavenly support of the word of God ; and to furnish us with " the tongue of the learned ; " that from our own experience of the difficulties and supports of the Christian warfare we " should ...
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... faith , hope , and love of the Gospel , forms our ground of unceasing thanksgiving to God , our chief joy , and the very life of our life . " We have no greater joy , than to 1 2 Cor . iii . 5 , 6 . 2 ' I will remind you , ' - says ...
... faith , hope , and love of the Gospel , forms our ground of unceasing thanksgiving to God , our chief joy , and the very life of our life . " We have no greater joy , than to 1 2 Cor . iii . 5 , 6 . 2 ' I will remind you , ' - says ...
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Page 139 - Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. 3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
Page 64 - Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Page 221 - Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may. eat. I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
Page 245 - And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach JESUS CHRIST.
Page 659 - Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy glory unto their children. And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Page 324 - As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him : rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
Page 485 - Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Page 349 - And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
Page 16 - Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
Page 100 - As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence ! When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou earnest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.