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... less , and so charity was lessened ; and heresies crept in , and then faith began to be sullied ; and pride crept in , and then men snatched at offices , not for the work , but for the dignity ; and then they served themselves more than ...
... less , and so charity was lessened ; and heresies crept in , and then faith began to be sullied ; and pride crept in , and then men snatched at offices , not for the work , but for the dignity ; and then they served themselves more than ...
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... less contrition than all that he had observed them to make in many years before . For so the canes of Egypt , when they newly arise from their bed of mud and slime of Nilus , start up into an equal and continual length , and are ...
... less contrition than all that he had observed them to make in many years before . For so the canes of Egypt , when they newly arise from their bed of mud and slime of Nilus , start up into an equal and continual length , and are ...
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... less and less , till their old age , instead of a crown of their virtue and perse- verance , ends in levity and unprofitable courses ; light and useless as the tufted feathers upon the cane , every wind can play with it and abuse it ...
... less and less , till their old age , instead of a crown of their virtue and perse- verance , ends in levity and unprofitable courses ; light and useless as the tufted feathers upon the cane , every wind can play with it and abuse it ...
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... less apt to anger , or to scorn him that snatches him rudely from the flames of hell , he is virtue's confessor , and suffers these lesser stripes for that interest , which will end in spiritual and eternal bene- dictions . They who are ...
... less apt to anger , or to scorn him that snatches him rudely from the flames of hell , he is virtue's confessor , and suffers these lesser stripes for that interest , which will end in spiritual and eternal bene- dictions . They who are ...
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... less wholesome part , because it is delicious , serves a low end of sense or interest , but serves not God at all , and as little does benefit to his soul . Such a person is like Homer's bird , deplumes himself to feather all the naked ...
... less wholesome part , because it is delicious , serves a low end of sense or interest , but serves not God at all , and as little does benefit to his soul . Such a person is like Homer's bird , deplumes himself to feather all the naked ...
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Page 80 - And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. It shall not be quenched night nor day ; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever : from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
Page 358 - Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
Page 509 - Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord; for they rest from their labours.
Page 311 - Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
Page ccclxvii - If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Page 273 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Page 91 - Heb. xi. 17, according to that in 2 Cor. viii. 12. Where there is a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not : which is true of this church-duty, as well as of that of alms.
Page 452 - BRETHREN, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness ; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Page 454 - Young men likewise exhort to be sober-minded ; in all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works, in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, sound speech, that cannot be condemned ; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
Page 274 - Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified...