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... mere babes in piety ? Still , now is your time to rise up into manly earnestness , and to become alive to God ! For this same Holy Ghost is , as the Ser- vice says yet further , " the Spirit of true 14 THE NATURE OF CONFIRMATION .
... mere babes in piety ? Still , now is your time to rise up into manly earnestness , and to become alive to God ! For this same Holy Ghost is , as the Ser- vice says yet further , " the Spirit of true 14 THE NATURE OF CONFIRMATION .
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... puts forth a stronger claim . To us , as Christians , Sin , lukewarmness , worldliness , is not merely being wanting to ourselves , or to our - - character in the world : it is being wanting to 16 THE NATURE OF CONFIRMATION .
... puts forth a stronger claim . To us , as Christians , Sin , lukewarmness , worldliness , is not merely being wanting to ourselves , or to our - - character in the world : it is being wanting to 16 THE NATURE OF CONFIRMATION .
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... merely adjuncts to the Church of Christ , by ceremonial relation , to becoming lively members of the same , through personal adoption of our bap- tismal character , and Confirmation of our covenant with God . Such personal appropriation ...
... merely adjuncts to the Church of Christ , by ceremonial relation , to becoming lively members of the same , through personal adoption of our bap- tismal character , and Confirmation of our covenant with God . Such personal appropriation ...
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... merely to neglect Him - not merely to contrive , by every veil that this world can fur- nish , to hide Him from their sight ; but , when these thin coverings are broken through - when the thought of God will break in upon the darkness ...
... merely to neglect Him - not merely to contrive , by every veil that this world can fur- nish , to hide Him from their sight ; but , when these thin coverings are broken through - when the thought of God will break in upon the darkness ...
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... enjoyments , and therefore under the dominion of the tastes and passions , of the merely earthly nature . Their views extend not be- the social yond the present . Their desires rise not 54 RENUNCIATION OF THE WORLD .
... enjoyments , and therefore under the dominion of the tastes and passions , of the merely earthly nature . Their views extend not be- the social yond the present . Their desires rise not 54 RENUNCIATION OF THE WORLD .
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Page 136 - The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
Page 174 - Baptism doth represent unto us our profession ; which is, to follow the example of our Saviour Christ, and to be made like unto him ; that as he died, and rose again for us, so should we. who are baptized, die from sin, and rise again unto righteousness ; continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living.
Page 181 - COME, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, And lighten with celestial fire. Thou the anointing Spirit art, Who dost thy seven-fold gifts impart. Thy blessed Unction from above, Is comfort, life, and fire of love. Enable with perpetual light The dulness of our blinded sight. Anoint and cheer our soiled face With the abundance of thy grace.
Page 137 - O ALMIGHTY Lord, and everlasting God, vouchsafe, we beseech Thee, to direct, sanctify, and govern, both our hearts and bodies, in the ways of Thy laws, and in the works of Thy commandments...
Page 7 - God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Page 118 - Lest haply after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Page 28 - Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Page 50 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings ! and ye would not...
Page 18 - I am the LORD'S"; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Page 137 - O Lord, with the Holy Ghost the Comforter, and daily increase in them Thy manifold gifts of grace ; the spirit of wisdom and understanding; the spirit of counsel and ghostly strength ; the spirit of knowledge and true godliness ; and fill them, 0 Lord, with the spirit of Thy holy fear, now and for ever. Amen.