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... true . May it sink into your hearts and mine , so as to become a living principle of action . We shall then , and then only , be conscious we are of the family of heaven ; for we read our interest in the covenant of the Eternal Three ...
... true . May it sink into your hearts and mine , so as to become a living principle of action . We shall then , and then only , be conscious we are of the family of heaven ; for we read our interest in the covenant of the Eternal Three ...
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... true of every man who keeps himself exclusively in view . In the third place , III . I must inquire how God teaches man this sublimest principle of action ? I answer , And I. BY CONVINCING HIM OF SIN IN ITS EVIL AND DESERT — in its evil ...
... true of every man who keeps himself exclusively in view . In the third place , III . I must inquire how God teaches man this sublimest principle of action ? I answer , And I. BY CONVINCING HIM OF SIN IN ITS EVIL AND DESERT — in its evil ...
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... true , that the thoughts and pur- poses of God are absolute and unconditional . They depend , for their fulfilment , on no one but himself . This is a necessity that does not mili- tate , in the least degree , against the accounta ...
... true , that the thoughts and pur- poses of God are absolute and unconditional . They depend , for their fulfilment , on no one but himself . This is a necessity that does not mili- tate , in the least degree , against the accounta ...
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... true religion . What ! infatuation and folly connected with true reli- gion ? None in the least . Remember what I am telling you , -it is common sense inspired . But to proceed . An individual publishes a fine poem , which , perhaps ...
... true religion . What ! infatuation and folly connected with true reli- gion ? None in the least . Remember what I am telling you , -it is common sense inspired . But to proceed . An individual publishes a fine poem , which , perhaps ...
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... true or no , I know not ; but , their misery must have been great in the extreme , perhaps greater than that of any of their descendants on this side eternal torments . What then must have been their joy when the promised Messiah was ...
... true or no , I know not ; but , their misery must have been great in the extreme , perhaps greater than that of any of their descendants on this side eternal torments . What then must have been their joy when the promised Messiah was ...
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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.