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... profession . And such " And such " sincerity , or truth of heart , " to quote again the words of the writer just now referred to , may 66 fitly be compared to a girdle in regard to the two - fold use for which a girdle , especially the ...
... profession . And such " And such " sincerity , or truth of heart , " to quote again the words of the writer just now referred to , may 66 fitly be compared to a girdle in regard to the two - fold use for which a girdle , especially the ...
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... profession of religion is sometimes made from unworthy motives . Several instances of such want of sincerity are to be found in scripture . For instance , we are told in the narrative of our Saviour's history that many persons followed ...
... profession of religion is sometimes made from unworthy motives . Several instances of such want of sincerity are to be found in scripture . For instance , we are told in the narrative of our Saviour's history that many persons followed ...
Page 43
... any carnal motive whatever , be their induce- ment to take up a religious profession . If they are hoping to gain thereby some advantage , or any consideration among men , or if they act merely from caprice or the influence THE GIRDLE . 43.
... any carnal motive whatever , be their induce- ment to take up a religious profession . If they are hoping to gain thereby some advantage , or any consideration among men , or if they act merely from caprice or the influence THE GIRDLE . 43.
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... profession be , can hardly be thought in earnest if he attempts to alloy the with that of Mammon . taken to resist the ventures uncalled into situations where he is warned that his adversary will with his temptations be likely to get an ...
... profession be , can hardly be thought in earnest if he attempts to alloy the with that of Mammon . taken to resist the ventures uncalled into situations where he is warned that his adversary will with his temptations be likely to get an ...
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... profession readily join in with their vices or their vanities , they will be sure to charge them in their hearts , if not with their lips , with hypocrisy . The Christian soldier , therefore , must not be afraid of being thought ...
... profession readily join in with their vices or their vanities , they will be sure to charge them in their hearts , if not with their lips , with hypocrisy . The Christian soldier , therefore , must not be afraid of being thought ...
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Page 160 - And I said, This is my infirmity : but I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.
Page 81 - For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Page 7 - And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God: praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints...
Page 227 - God : praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Page 100 - We know that whosoever is born of God, sinneth not ; but he that is begotten of God, keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
Page 80 - Such we are, in the sight of God the Father, as is the very Son of God himself. Let it be counted folly or frenzy or fury whatsoever : it is our comfort and our wisdom. We care for no knowledge in the world but this : that Man hath sinned, and God hath suffered ; that God hath made himself the son of man, and that Men are made the Righteousness of God.
Page 253 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Page 135 - What mean ye to weep, and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Page 261 - Soldier, go — but not to claim Mouldering spoils of earth-born treasure, Not to build a vaunting name, Not to dwell in tents of pleasure ; Dream not that the way is smooth, Hope not that the thorns are roses ; Turn no...
Page 92 - So the apostle exhorts the same persons " to put off the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed in the spirit of their minds; and to put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness,