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... Christianity , is in no small degree done away with . As matters now stand , the man of piety may be as rigid in his adherence to the law of his God as he will : he may have as much zeal for the purity of his profession - as much ...
... Christianity , is in no small degree done away with . As matters now stand , the man of piety may be as rigid in his adherence to the law of his God as he will : he may have as much zeal for the purity of his profession - as much ...
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... Christianity is not the peculiarity of an age , or a district , or a given state of society , although it may be ... Christianity so powerfully as in former times . The point of these missiles has been blunted , and their force ...
... Christianity is not the peculiarity of an age , or a district , or a given state of society , although it may be ... Christianity so powerfully as in former times . The point of these missiles has been blunted , and their force ...
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... Christian profession with positive attrac- tions , it has at least diminished the repulsiveness of its appearance ... Christianity shall be more numerous , and less select than they otherwise would have been - that many are joining ...
... Christian profession with positive attrac- tions , it has at least diminished the repulsiveness of its appearance ... Christianity shall be more numerous , and less select than they otherwise would have been - that many are joining ...
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... Christians , and seem to count on it , as a thing undoubted , that whatever Christianity can do for man is theirs by inheritance ; while , from all that is seen about them , there is reason to suspect , A 3 ix.
... Christians , and seem to count on it , as a thing undoubted , that whatever Christianity can do for man is theirs by inheritance ; while , from all that is seen about them , there is reason to suspect , A 3 ix.
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... Christianity with intelligence and decorum ; they can show a mannerly respect for its forms and institutions , but ... Christ . We have no right to indulge a censorious humour , or to speak suspiciously of an age in which there is so ...
... Christianity with intelligence and decorum ; they can show a mannerly respect for its forms and institutions , but ... Christ . We have no right to indulge a censorious humour , or to speak suspiciously of an age in which there is so ...
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Page 113 - When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
Page 177 - And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt...
Page 75 - But what think ye ? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to.day in my vineyard.
Page 213 - Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 371 - When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
Page 89 - Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Page 72 - Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented ; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Page 97 - Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
Page 140 - I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there...
Page 131 - My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me : for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.