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... sincerity and truthfulness which are essential features in the Christian's character , and spring from his union with the Lord Jesus Christ , Who is Himself the Truth . Either inter- pretation conveys a very important lesson , and the ...
... sincerity and truthfulness which are essential features in the Christian's character , and spring from his union with the Lord Jesus Christ , Who is Himself the Truth . Either inter- pretation conveys a very important lesson , and the ...
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... sincerity to propound a right end , and knowledge of the word of truth to direct us in the right way to that end . " Yet , on careful consideration , the last- mentioned meaning appears the most likely to be that which the apostle had ...
... sincerity to propound a right end , and knowledge of the word of truth to direct us in the right way to that end . " Yet , on careful consideration , the last- mentioned meaning appears the most likely to be that which the apostle had ...
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... sincerity doth the same for the Christian that the girdle doth for the soldier . The saint's graces are not so close , nor his life so exact , but in the best there are found infirmities and defects which are so many gapings and clefts ...
... sincerity doth the same for the Christian that the girdle doth for the soldier . The saint's graces are not so close , nor his life so exact , but in the best there are found infirmities and defects which are so many gapings and clefts ...
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... looseth the 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.
... looseth the 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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... sincerity , or truth of heart in our ways , Covers all the Christian's uncomeliness ; 2. That truth of heart , or sincerity , is of excellent use to strengthen the Christian in his whole course . ' " " This , then , we take to be the ...
... sincerity , or truth of heart in our ways , Covers all the Christian's uncomeliness ; 2. That truth of heart , or sincerity , is of excellent use to strengthen the Christian in his whole course . ' " " This , then , we take to be the ...
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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,