A Christian Directory, Or, A Body of Practical Divinity and Cases of Conscience, Volume 5Richard Edwards, 1825 - Christian life |
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... Peace with all men How the proud do hinder Peace . 263 264 Many more causes and cures opened · 267 CHAPTER XVIII . Tit . 1. Directions against all Theft CONTENTS . ix.
... Peace with all men How the proud do hinder Peace . 263 264 Many more causes and cures opened · 267 CHAPTER XVIII . Tit . 1. Directions against all Theft CONTENTS . ix.
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... peace , and destroyers of societies , are still described as enemies to the upright . " For lo , the wicked bend their bow , they make ready their arrow upon the string , that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart . If the ...
... peace , and destroyers of societies , are still described as enemies to the upright . " For lo , the wicked bend their bow , they make ready their arrow upon the string , that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart . If the ...
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... peace of conscience , and quiet- ness and holy security to the soul . This was Paul's rejoic- ing , the testimony of his conscience , that " in simplicity and godly sincerity he had had his conversation in the world , and not in fleshly ...
... peace of conscience , and quiet- ness and holy security to the soul . This was Paul's rejoic- ing , the testimony of his conscience , that " in simplicity and godly sincerity he had had his conversation in the world , and not in fleshly ...
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... peace . " II . The true rules of an upright life are these that fol- low . 1. He that will walk uprightly must be absolutely devo- ted and subjected unto God : he must have a God , and the true God , and but one God ; not notionally ...
... peace . " II . The true rules of an upright life are these that fol- low . 1. He that will walk uprightly must be absolutely devo- ted and subjected unto God : he must have a God , and the true God , and but one God ; not notionally ...
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... peace ; and that is the best life which conduceth most to our consideration of God , and that is the worst , which calleth us off from considering and worshipping him . Vide Grot . de Imper . sum . Pot . p . 10. Quam multa injuste fieri ...
... peace ; and that is the best life which conduceth most to our consideration of God , and that is the worst , which calleth us off from considering and worshipping him . Vide Grot . de Imper . sum . Pot . p . 10. Quam multa injuste fieri ...
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Popular passages
Page 36 - Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing God : and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men ; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Page 158 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth : but I say unto you, that ye resist not evil : but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
Page 135 - And surely your blood of your lives will I require : at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man ; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God made he man.
Page 501 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Page 104 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire.
Page 37 - For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently ? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
Page 465 - Two are better than one ; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
Page 403 - Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness ; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Page 406 - Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.