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... bestowed upon all who ask it worthily . For " him that cometh to me , " said our blessed Re- deemer , " I will in no wise cast out . " Who then would hesitate between the alternative of light ineffable and outer 24 THE CERTAINTY OF.
... bestowed upon all who ask it worthily . For " him that cometh to me , " said our blessed Re- deemer , " I will in no wise cast out . " Who then would hesitate between the alternative of light ineffable and outer 24 THE CERTAINTY OF.
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... bestow it upon any terms ! And will it not be evident to com- mon sense that what we gravely assume to be devotion , if in reality it be not so , must positively be worse than the neglect of devotion altoge- ther ; since , to an ...
... bestow it upon any terms ! And will it not be evident to com- mon sense that what we gravely assume to be devotion , if in reality it be not so , must positively be worse than the neglect of devotion altoge- ther ; since , to an ...
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... bestow upon him that which is needful for the body , and by conse- quence necessary for the soul ; since the food that properly nutures the one may , in a second- ary sense , be said to nurture the other ; the phy- sical and the moral ...
... bestow upon him that which is needful for the body , and by conse- quence necessary for the soul ; since the food that properly nutures the one may , in a second- ary sense , be said to nurture the other ; the phy- sical and the moral ...
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... bestowing it upon ourselves . Self - love , which is by no means a prohibited indulgence , except in its excess , is only criminal where it is exclusively appropriated — where the heart can find no centre of attraction beyond the narrow ...
... bestowing it upon ourselves . Self - love , which is by no means a prohibited indulgence , except in its excess , is only criminal where it is exclusively appropriated — where the heart can find no centre of attraction beyond the narrow ...
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... bestow it . Besides , this principle is the mainspring of every virtue within us , for we must love virtue before we can entertain it in our hearts , and it is only the consciousness that virtue is a good from which we derive benefit in ...
... bestow it . Besides , this principle is the mainspring of every virtue within us , for we must love virtue before we can entertain it in our hearts , and it is only the consciousness that virtue is a good from which we derive benefit in ...
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Page 269 - And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. But forasmuch us he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Page 363 - Thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these Thy lowest works : yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ! for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Page 357 - Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people : for in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
Page 234 - All things come alike to all : there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked ; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificed!, and to him that sacrificeth not : as is the good, so is the sinner ; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Page 190 - Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
Page 36 - Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Page 128 - For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment...
Page 294 - And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as My people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them : for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
Page 26 - For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Page 368 - A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way : and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.