Christian Essays: To which is Added an Essay on the Influence of a Moral Life on Our Judgment in Matters of Faith |
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... alarming that " without the shedding of blood there is no remission . " It is true that hardness of heart , and the other causes which have been already enumerated , may con- duce to a false peace ; but the means by 10 TRUE AND FALSE.
... alarming that " without the shedding of blood there is no remission . " It is true that hardness of heart , and the other causes which have been already enumerated , may con- duce to a false peace ; but the means by 10 TRUE AND FALSE.
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... heart , or proudly to cher- ish an unfounded confidence ? To discern accurately and believe fully would create in the dying sinner much the same mental feelings as those which he must ne- cessarily experience at the last day , when ...
... heart , or proudly to cher- ish an unfounded confidence ? To discern accurately and believe fully would create in the dying sinner much the same mental feelings as those which he must ne- cessarily experience at the last day , when ...
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... heart . " I thank God , that upon the whole I have acted my part well upon the stage of life . We are all frail and fallible , but I have no great sins to account for . I have been honest and charitable ; my conduct , I trust , has been ...
... heart . " I thank God , that upon the whole I have acted my part well upon the stage of life . We are all frail and fallible , but I have no great sins to account for . I have been honest and charitable ; my conduct , I trust , has been ...
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... heart ill at ease with itself ; not so much on account of any one flagrant sin as from a general sense of the ex- alted nature of the divine law and the imperfections of the best human obedience , ) will appear a happier and surer ...
... heart ill at ease with itself ; not so much on account of any one flagrant sin as from a general sense of the ex- alted nature of the divine law and the imperfections of the best human obedience , ) will appear a happier and surer ...
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... heart , and being accompanied with that divine benediction which is never wanting where the soul has been pre- pared by humility and contrition for its reception , they might have produced the happiest effects , when philo- sophic ...
... heart , and being accompanied with that divine benediction which is never wanting where the soul has been pre- pared by humility and contrition for its reception , they might have produced the happiest effects , when philo- sophic ...
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Page 95 - Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned...
Page 179 - And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake.
Page 38 - And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
Page 297 - For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Page 41 - Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort ; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without...
Page 190 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Page 196 - Lift up your eyes on high, and 'behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number. He calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Page 297 - For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
Page 91 - God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings ; by pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left...
Page 305 - They also are to be had accursed that presume to say, That every man shall be saved by the Law or Sect which he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to that Law, and the light of Nature. For Holy Scripture doth set out unto us only the Name of Jesus Christ, whereby men must be saved.