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... holy God must needs require when he seeks a substitute for the sinner . I saw likewise in my dream , that , on account of the impious sacrifices and vile idolatries of these people , their foolish hearts became darkened ; so that they ...
... holy God must needs require when he seeks a substitute for the sinner . I saw likewise in my dream , that , on account of the impious sacrifices and vile idolatries of these people , their foolish hearts became darkened ; so that they ...
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... Holy Spirit , made Goonah Purist sensible of his vile and abominable state ; by opening his eyes , and turning them upon his own pollutions . In that moment , he re- membered all his sins and iniquities , and they became as a heavy ...
... Holy Spirit , made Goonah Purist sensible of his vile and abominable state ; by opening his eyes , and turning them upon his own pollutions . In that moment , he re- membered all his sins and iniquities , and they became as a heavy ...
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... holy , just , wise , and good ; omnipotent , omnis- cient , and omnipresent . 66 " By contemplating these perfections of the Deity , I became more and more sensible of my own depravity ; and have been hence led to cry , in bitter agony ...
... holy , just , wise , and good ; omnipotent , omnis- cient , and omnipresent . 66 " By contemplating these perfections of the Deity , I became more and more sensible of my own depravity ; and have been hence led to cry , in bitter agony ...
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... holy as- pirations , the yogee devotes his life , in perfect abstrac- tion from all objects of sense . 99 " Then , " replied Goonah Purist , " we are to under- stand , that , when the soul is restored to the Divinity , from whence it ...
... holy as- pirations , the yogee devotes his life , in perfect abstrac- tion from all objects of sense . 99 " Then , " replied Goonah Purist , " we are to under- stand , that , when the soul is restored to the Divinity , from whence it ...
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... holy yogees endure torments unspeakable , subduing every passion , and living in perfect abstraction from every sense ? But you are as yet , I see , incapable of estimating the sanctity and happiness of that man , to whom gold , iron ...
... holy yogees endure torments unspeakable , subduing every passion , and living in perfect abstraction from every sense ? But you are as yet , I see , incapable of estimating the sanctity and happiness of that man , to whom gold , iron ...
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Page 104 - But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Page 326 - And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
Page 114 - And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake : but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Page 137 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Page 141 - PREDESTINATION to Life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour.
Page 161 - Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church ; and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore, as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Page 135 - As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle...
Page 114 - Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves. "But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; and ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
Page 145 - If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying. Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them...
Page 123 - Their idols are silver and gold: the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not; They have ears, but they hear not...