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... received I forty stripes save one . Thrice was I beaten with rods , once was I stoned , thrice I suffered shipwreck ; a night and a day I have been in the deep in journeyings often , in perils of waters , in perils of robbers , in ...
... received I forty stripes save one . Thrice was I beaten with rods , once was I stoned , thrice I suffered shipwreck ; a night and a day I have been in the deep in journeyings often , in perils of waters , in perils of robbers , in ...
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... received by any society here were reason to believe , that his sole de- ace for salvation was founded on the atonement Cross , and that his life was actuated and ced by that " faith which worketh by love " 6 ) . My present object is ...
... received by any society here were reason to believe , that his sole de- ace for salvation was founded on the atonement Cross , and that his life was actuated and ced by that " faith which worketh by love " 6 ) . My present object is ...
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... received and answered in Persian by the governors of the presidencies and the diplomatic officers of the East - India Company . That language is also used by the principal native officers in the courts of justice . In the upper pro ...
... received and answered in Persian by the governors of the presidencies and the diplomatic officers of the East - India Company . That language is also used by the principal native officers in the courts of justice . In the upper pro ...
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... received them and ith the messenger to my house . At the com- ent of our interview , I made some remarks , ng my native country , which led him to the y that my views of the figure and motion of differed from those entertained by the ...
... received them and ith the messenger to my house . At the com- ent of our interview , I made some remarks , ng my native country , which led him to the y that my views of the figure and motion of differed from those entertained by the ...
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... receiving religious instruction , or of entering into Christian conversation : but let him plead the urgency of his sacred duties for declining the visits of persons , who have no other object but " to kill time . " The time of a ...
... receiving religious instruction , or of entering into Christian conversation : but let him plead the urgency of his sacred duties for declining the visits of persons , who have no other object but " to kill time . " The time of a ...
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Page 40 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 2 - Are they Hebrews ? so am I. Are they Israelites ? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham ? so am I. Are they ministers of Christ ? (I speak as a fool) I am more ; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
Page 118 - I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
Page 18 - He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall; but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Page 49 - For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead; And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them and rose again.
Page 2 - Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often,...
Page 112 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
Page 118 - It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
Page 118 - For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
Page 3 - Who is weak, and I am not weak ? who is offended, and I burn not ? If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.