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... consequence of insulting an English ambassa- dor in any foreign court ? The king and the whole country would immediately feel the blow -the king and his subjects would throw them- selves as so many shields around him in a mo- ment , and ...
... consequence of insulting an English ambassa- dor in any foreign court ? The king and the whole country would immediately feel the blow -the king and his subjects would throw them- selves as so many shields around him in a mo- ment , and ...
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... of any of their descendants on this side eternal torments . What then must have been their joy when the promised Messiah was announced to them by himself , in consequence of the eternal purpose of God ! They were then SERMON II . 31.
... of any of their descendants on this side eternal torments . What then must have been their joy when the promised Messiah was announced to them by himself , in consequence of the eternal purpose of God ! They were then SERMON II . 31.
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... consequence of - what ? of the thoughts and purposes of God . The penal evil which afflicts the creature , has two ... consequences : this is , in a limited sense , the prerogative of the king of England ; how much more so the ...
... consequence of - what ? of the thoughts and purposes of God . The penal evil which afflicts the creature , has two ... consequences : this is , in a limited sense , the prerogative of the king of England ; how much more so the ...
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... consequence of his having chosen you , I would say , Live delightfully dependent , as pensioners , on his bounty : -you will find enemies enough within to contend with every day ; —your pride and self- importance - enemies that follow ...
... consequence of his having chosen you , I would say , Live delightfully dependent , as pensioners , on his bounty : -you will find enemies enough within to contend with every day ; —your pride and self- importance - enemies that follow ...
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... consequence of sin that dwells in him , he changes every blessing into a curse . All the gifts of providence are excellent in themselves ; but man , by abusing those gifts , extracts a curse from every thing which was originally given ...
... consequence of sin that dwells in him , he changes every blessing into a curse . All the gifts of providence are excellent in themselves ; but man , by abusing those gifts , extracts a curse from every thing which was originally given ...
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Page 266 - Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men : forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God ; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Page 68 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 221 - Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good ; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
Page 303 - Although my house be not so with God; yet He hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although He make it not to grow.
Page xiv - If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go ; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience
Page 221 - For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Page 302 - David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said: 2 The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
Page 234 - O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past finding out. For who hath known the mind of the Lord?
Page 205 - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering. Forbearing one another and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Page 64 - From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.