The Christian Ministry: With an Inquiry Into the Causes of Its Inefficiency, Volume 1Jonathan Leavitt, 1831 - Clergy |
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... encouragement - The ministration of the Spirit and of righteousness constitutes the chief glory of the evangelical economy . " Therefore , " says the Apostle , after an exhibition of its preeminent excel- lency , " seeing we have this ...
... encouragement - The ministration of the Spirit and of righteousness constitutes the chief glory of the evangelical economy . " Therefore , " says the Apostle , after an exhibition of its preeminent excel- lency , " seeing we have this ...
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... encouragement that belong to our service , we are made to feel that " if a man desires the office , he desires " a toilsome and self - denying , as well as " a good work . " * Ques- nal observės , The sacred Ministry is not a state of ...
... encouragement that belong to our service , we are made to feel that " if a man desires the office , he desires " a toilsome and self - denying , as well as " a good work . " * Ques- nal observės , The sacred Ministry is not a state of ...
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... encouragement in the Christian Ministry , and love to our work bears us on in the midst of and above all our difficulties.§ ency . * Isa . 1. 4 66 † Deut . xxxiii . 25. ‡ Zech . iv . 6 . §'Magnum opus omnino et arduum conamur : sed ...
... encouragement in the Christian Ministry , and love to our work bears us on in the midst of and above all our difficulties.§ ency . * Isa . 1. 4 66 † Deut . xxxiii . 25. ‡ Zech . iv . 6 . §'Magnum opus omnino et arduum conamur : sed ...
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... encouragement are fully commensurate with the momentous difficulty of the work ; which is not to be measured by the feeble resources of human agency , but by the Almighty power of the Spirit of God . † Did we depend for ministerial ...
... encouragement are fully commensurate with the momentous difficulty of the work ; which is not to be measured by the feeble resources of human agency , but by the Almighty power of the Spirit of God . † Did we depend for ministerial ...
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... encouragement in our work , the share and interest we possess in the affectionate sympathies of a beloved people . Here we find the full com- pensation for the scorn of an ungodly world , and the secret spring of many an hour of support ...
... encouragement in our work , the share and interest we possess in the affectionate sympathies of a beloved people . Here we find the full com- pensation for the scorn of an ungodly world , and the secret spring of many an hour of support ...
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Page 288 - But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held ; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
Page 218 - Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may. eat. I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
Page 5 - Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
Page 160 - He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Page 62 - Bead not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested : that is, some books arc to be read only in parts; others to be 174 ON STUDY.
Page 213 - WILL you be diligent to frame and fashion your own selves, and your families, according to the doctrine of Christ ; and to make both yourselves and them, as much as in you lieth, wholesome examples and patterns to the flock of Christ ? Answer.
Page 156 - If ye were of the world, the world would love his own ; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Page 271 - That it may please thee to give to all thy people increase of grace to hear meekly thy Word, and to receive it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit; We beseech thee, fyc.
Page 106 - Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not ; but have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but, by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
Page 287 - And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.