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... respect to the leader of the powers of evil , the Scriptures represent him as an apostate angel possessing vast intelli- gence and power , which he employs in active opposition to the benignant purposes of God . Through the agency of ...
... respect to the leader of the powers of evil , the Scriptures represent him as an apostate angel possessing vast intelli- gence and power , which he employs in active opposition to the benignant purposes of God . Through the agency of ...
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... respects , agreed in offering opposition to the faith of Christ , and in the determination to root out , if possible , by the sword of persecution , the then novel doctrine of the Cross . The closest ties of kindred had in those days ...
... respects , agreed in offering opposition to the faith of Christ , and in the determination to root out , if possible , by the sword of persecution , the then novel doctrine of the Cross . The closest ties of kindred had in those days ...
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... respect . They tread , by choice , in slippery paths , and say that God can hold up their foot- steps there . It is quite true that He can ; but this is just the suggestion which Satan made to Christ when he said that if He threw ...
... respect . They tread , by choice , in slippery paths , and say that God can hold up their foot- steps there . It is quite true that He can ; but this is just the suggestion which Satan made to Christ when he said that if He threw ...
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... respect . If we yield one step , or surrender one bulwark , the enemy will use the the advantage which we give him in such a way as to compel to more ruinous retreat . Let us be careful , then , that we do not descend from the high ...
... respect . If we yield one step , or surrender one bulwark , the enemy will use the the advantage which we give him in such a way as to compel to more ruinous retreat . Let us be careful , then , that we do not descend from the high ...
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... girdle of the strong ' ( Job xii . 21 ) . 6 " 6 a " Now sincerity may well be compared in this respect to the soldier's girdle . It is a grace that doth gird the soul with strength , and makes it mighty to do or THE GIRDLE . 39.
... girdle of the strong ' ( Job xii . 21 ) . 6 " 6 a " Now sincerity may well be compared in this respect to the soldier's girdle . It is a grace that doth gird the soul with strength , and makes it mighty to do or THE GIRDLE . 39.
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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,