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... vanity of the carnal heart , “ every age renews the inquiry after an earthly felicity - the design is entail- ed , and re - inforced with as great a confidence and vigour as if none had been baffled or de- feated in it before ...
... vanity of the carnal heart , “ every age renews the inquiry after an earthly felicity - the design is entail- ed , and re - inforced with as great a confidence and vigour as if none had been baffled or de- feated in it before ...
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... vanity of their thoughts and the darkness of their minds ; and those to whom the Gospel is hid , have their minds blinded by the God of this world , lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ , who is the image of God , should ...
... vanity of their thoughts and the darkness of their minds ; and those to whom the Gospel is hid , have their minds blinded by the God of this world , lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ , who is the image of God , should ...
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... future , are only a splendid dra- pery under which are concealed disappoint- ment , sorrow , and vexation . They have yet to learn the emptiness of pleasure , the agonies of power , and the vanity of wealth . Impetu- THE LOVE OF TRUTH . 91.
... future , are only a splendid dra- pery under which are concealed disappoint- ment , sorrow , and vexation . They have yet to learn the emptiness of pleasure , the agonies of power , and the vanity of wealth . Impetu- THE LOVE OF TRUTH . 91.
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... vanity of wealth . Impetu- ous in their passions , ardent in their temper , and ignorant of life , they are prone to fix their affections upon some of those beggarly elements which will crumble into ashes at the touch of experience ...
... vanity of wealth . Impetu- ous in their passions , ardent in their temper , and ignorant of life , they are prone to fix their affections upon some of those beggarly elements which will crumble into ashes at the touch of experience ...
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... vanity with brilliancy of genius ; eager for applause , and not always scrupulous about the means of securing it , the last spectacle which they exhibit is the true spirit of philosophy ; the motive which least vigourously impels them ...
... vanity with brilliancy of genius ; eager for applause , and not always scrupulous about the means of securing it , the last spectacle which they exhibit is the true spirit of philosophy ; the motive which least vigourously impels them ...
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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".