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... same time they approve of re- ligious conversation , with a due regard to the subject , and sense of their own weakness , and of the the need they have of wisdom to direct their speech , lest they should touch sacred things iv.
... same time they approve of re- ligious conversation , with a due regard to the subject , and sense of their own weakness , and of the the need they have of wisdom to direct their speech , lest they should touch sacred things iv.
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... things , as with unhallowed hands . It may be remarked that though they do not use those ceremonies which some professors of the Christian religion seem to think neces- sary to retain , esteeming them not essential , and as being liable ...
... things , as with unhallowed hands . It may be remarked that though they do not use those ceremonies which some professors of the Christian religion seem to think neces- sary to retain , esteeming them not essential , and as being liable ...
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... things , happy are ye if ye do them . " My soul seeks earnestly , that the blessing of faith- fulness may accompany the privilege of knowledge ; otherwise the greater will be the condemnation . Thy lot is changed from the warm bosom of ...
... things , happy are ye if ye do them . " My soul seeks earnestly , that the blessing of faith- fulness may accompany the privilege of knowledge ; otherwise the greater will be the condemnation . Thy lot is changed from the warm bosom of ...
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... things ! The inward anatomy , that of the soul , and its passions , with the mental medicine , bles- sed be God , begins to gain a degree of ascen- dency , never known before and I humbly hope , for us both , shall end in triumphing ...
... things ! The inward anatomy , that of the soul , and its passions , with the mental medicine , bles- sed be God , begins to gain a degree of ascen- dency , never known before and I humbly hope , for us both , shall end in triumphing ...
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... things than we ought to be , in expecting too much from exteriors , by a conformity to our refined way ; which really can effect no more than circumcision to the Jew outward . Thy mentioning a certain writer , suggests an observation of ...
... things than we ought to be , in expecting too much from exteriors , by a conformity to our refined way ; which really can effect no more than circumcision to the Jew outward . Thy mentioning a certain writer , suggests an observation of ...
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Page 178 - And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient...
Page 59 - Hitherto shalt thou come, and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed," these irregular and prodigious vagaries seem to bespeak a decay, and forebode, perhaps, not a very distant dissolution.
Page 133 - Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.
Page 142 - For even hereunto were ye called : because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps : who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth : who, when he was reviled, reviled not again ; when he suffered he threatened not ; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously...
Page 237 - One thing have I desired of the Lord, which I will require, even that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and to visit his temple. For in the time of trouble he...
Page 14 - Many shall come from the east and west, and sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven...
Page 243 - Create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me...
Page 68 - If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan...
Page 60 - And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Page 158 - The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.