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... , in fact , stirred up by the malice of that same implacable being , above referred to , who tempted our first parents to sin , and who had now great wrath , because he knew that , comparatively , his time was THE CHRISTIAN'S ENEMIES . 9.
... , in fact , stirred up by the malice of that same implacable being , above referred to , who tempted our first parents to sin , and who had now great wrath , because he knew that , comparatively , his time was THE CHRISTIAN'S ENEMIES . 9.
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... temptations be resisted ! It is , however , evident since the battle is to be fought against not flesh and blood , but against principalities and powers , the rulers of the darkness of this world , and spiritual wickedness in high ...
... temptations be resisted ! It is , however , evident since the battle is to be fought against not flesh and blood , but against principalities and powers , the rulers of the darkness of this world , and spiritual wickedness in high ...
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... temptation . Persons are too frequently reckless in this 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 ...
... temptation . Persons are too frequently reckless in this 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 ...
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... temptation , that therefore anyone should , with cowardly spirit , shrink from the face of the enemy ; on the contrary , when circumstances require that tempta- tion should be met , it should be met boldly , and with determined ...
... temptation , that therefore anyone should , with cowardly spirit , shrink from the face of the enemy ; on the contrary , when circumstances require that tempta- tion should be met , it should be met boldly , and with determined ...
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... temptation attacked them , stumbled and fell , their want of sincerity thus becoming apparent . They present a mourn- ful illustration of that striking parable in which our Lord depicts the character of unstable professors 42 THE GIRDLE .
... temptation attacked them , stumbled and fell , their want of sincerity thus becoming apparent . They present a mourn- ful illustration of that striking parable in which our Lord depicts the character of unstable professors 42 THE GIRDLE .
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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,