A Collection of Essays and Tracts in Theology, from Various Authors,with Biographical and Critical Notices, Volume 6O. Everett, 1826 - Theology |
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... Rule and Exercises of Holy Living came out , a work which has been as often re- printed , and as much read , as ... Rules and Exercises of Holy Dying appeared soon after , written much in the same spirit as the Holy Living , but with a ...
... Rule and Exercises of Holy Living came out , a work which has been as often re- printed , and as much read , as ... Rules and Exercises of Holy Dying appeared soon after , written much in the same spirit as the Holy Living , but with a ...
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... rules of Christian practice , and devotional exercises , the whole designed chiefly for the religious instruction of young people . It has passed through numerous editions , and been used as a daily manual by the pious of all ages , and ...
... rules of Christian practice , and devotional exercises , the whole designed chiefly for the religious instruction of young people . It has passed through numerous editions , and been used as a daily manual by the pious of all ages , and ...
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... Rule of Conscience , upon which he had been employed for many years , and which beyond doubt cost him more labour of research and thought , than any other of his productions . It is not only the largest , but the one which he evidently ...
... Rule of Conscience , upon which he had been employed for many years , and which beyond doubt cost him more labour of research and thought , than any other of his productions . It is not only the largest , but the one which he evidently ...
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... rule of conscience is a rule of na- ture , as closely entwined with our being as a sense of right and wrong , and it is idle to write books instruct- ing men how to apply this rule on any other ground , than internal conviction of the ...
... rule of conscience is a rule of na- ture , as closely entwined with our being as a sense of right and wrong , and it is idle to write books instruct- ing men how to apply this rule on any other ground , than internal conviction of the ...
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... Rule of Conscience , upon which he had been employed for many years , and which beyond doubt cost him more labour of research and thought , than any other of his productions . It is not only the largest , but the one . which he ...
... Rule of Conscience , upon which he had been employed for many years , and which beyond doubt cost him more labour of research and thought , than any other of his productions . It is not only the largest , but the one . which he ...
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Page 183 - For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Page 134 - No man can tell but he that loves his children, how many delicious accents make a man's heart dance in the pretty conversation of those dear pledges ; their childishness, their stammering, their little angers, their innocence, their imperfections, their necessities, are so many little emanations of joy and comfort to him that delights in their persons and society...
Page 179 - Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth, which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties ; revelation is natural reason, enlarged by a new set of discoveries communicated by God immediately, which reason vouches the truth of, by the testimony and proofs it gives, that they come from God.
Page 24 - Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God...
Page 64 - From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil, do proceed all actual transgressions.
Page 127 - ... prayer is the peace of our spirit, the stillness of our thoughts, the evenness of recollection, the seat of meditation, the rest of our cares, and the calm of our tempest ; prayer is the issue of a quiet mind, of untroubled thoughts, it is the daughter of charity, and the sister of meekness...
Page 262 - ... that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Page 128 - ... loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest than it could recover by the...
Page 252 - If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
Page 128 - ... wings ; till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant, and stay till the storm was over, and then it made a prosperous flight, and did rise and sing as if it had learned music and motion from an angel, as he passed sometimes through the air about his ministries here below. So is the...