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... deceived heart turns us aside . The Scriptures , as an authoritative rule of duty , guard against these defects . They prescribe the law in its ful- ness and integrity - they illustrate its appli- cation by description and example ...
... deceived heart turns us aside . The Scriptures , as an authoritative rule of duty , guard against these defects . They prescribe the law in its ful- ness and integrity - they illustrate its appli- cation by description and example ...
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... deceive ourselves than we have to deceive our neighbours . That state of the understanding in which it is ex- empt from prejudice , and judges according to the light of evidence , is only a different man- ifestation of that general ...
... deceive ourselves than we have to deceive our neighbours . That state of the understanding in which it is ex- empt from prejudice , and judges according to the light of evidence , is only a different man- ifestation of that general ...
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... . Every one , says the Saviour , that is of the truth , heareth my voice . None perish but those who love darkness rather than light . A deceived heart turns them aside . The Love of Truth . " Finally , brethren , THE LOVE OF TRUTH . 93.
... . Every one , says the Saviour , that is of the truth , heareth my voice . None perish but those who love darkness rather than light . A deceived heart turns them aside . The Love of Truth . " Finally , brethren , THE LOVE OF TRUTH . 93.
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... data of consciousness are the standard and measure of evidence , there are but two ways in which we are liable to be misled and deceived ; the first , is in assum- ing as an original conviction , or the legiti- mate THE LOVE OF TRUTH . 107.
... data of consciousness are the standard and measure of evidence , there are but two ways in which we are liable to be misled and deceived ; the first , is in assum- ing as an original conviction , or the legiti- mate THE LOVE OF TRUTH . 107.
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... deceive . But though the truths of our instinctive faith must original- ly be admitted , their falsehood may subse- quently be established ; this , however , only through themselves , only on the ground of their reciprocal contradiction ...
... deceive . But though the truths of our instinctive faith must original- ly be admitted , their falsehood may subse- quently be established ; this , however , only through themselves , only on the ground of their reciprocal contradiction ...
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Page 284 - When he slew them, then they sought him ; and they returned and inquired early after God, and they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
Page 172 - But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Page 75 - ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.
Page 269 - When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Page 253 - And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
Page 281 - ... remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Page 268 - When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
Page 99 - Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven ? or who shall descend into the deep ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is the word of faith which we preach, that if thou shall confess with thy mouth the.
Page 244 - A cup of cold water given to a disciple, in the name of a disciple, shall not lose its reward...
Page 33 - Scotch catechism says that man's chief end is "to glorify God and enjoy Him forever".