A Christian Directory, Or, A Body of Practical Divinity and Cases of Conscience: Christian ethics, (or private duties)Richard Edwards, 1825 - Christian life |
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... Conversion , Mortification , Self - denial , Self - acquain- tance , Faith , Justification , Judgment , Glory , & c . ) , because I had written of them all before . 2. And I thought it not unuseful to the more judicious masters of ...
... Conversion , Mortification , Self - denial , Self - acquain- tance , Faith , Justification , Judgment , Glory , & c . ) , because I had written of them all before . 2. And I thought it not unuseful to the more judicious masters of ...
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... converted state , because he that dieth so , is lost for ever ; methinks it should be our wisdom to be suspicious of our- selves , and careful lest we be deceived in so great a business , and diligent in searching and examining our ...
... converted state , because he that dieth so , is lost for ever ; methinks it should be our wisdom to be suspicious of our- selves , and careful lest we be deceived in so great a business , and diligent in searching and examining our ...
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... converted , and must walk as the children of the light . In the dark the devil and wicked men may cheat you , and do al- most what they list with you . You will not buy your wares in the dark , nor travel , or do your work in the dark ...
... converted , and must walk as the children of the light . In the dark the devil and wicked men may cheat you , and do al- most what they list with you . You will not buy your wares in the dark , nor travel , or do your work in the dark ...
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... converted sinners , and some unconverted sinners : some live in sins inconsistent with holiness ( which therefore may be called mortal ) , others have none but infirmities which con- sist with spiritual life ( which in this sense may be ...
... converted sinners , and some unconverted sinners : some live in sins inconsistent with holiness ( which therefore may be called mortal ) , others have none but infirmities which con- sist with spiritual life ( which in this sense may be ...
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... conversion P. The preaching of Peter did prick many thousands to the heart to their conversion " . The heart of Lydia was opened to attend to the preaching of Paul . " The word of God is quick and powerful , and sharper than any two ...
... conversion P. The preaching of Peter did prick many thousands to the heart to their conversion " . The heart of Lydia was opened to attend to the preaching of Paul . " The word of God is quick and powerful , and sharper than any two ...
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Page 19 - Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it, 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
Page 52 - But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it ; Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while : for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
Page 400 - Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee ; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
Page 436 - And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Page 110 - I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair : I hid not my face from shame and spitting. For the Lord GOD will help me ; therefore shall I not be confounded : therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
Page 372 - And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
Page 162 - And he said, This will I do : I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Page 162 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Page 88 - For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.