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Page xiii
... consider themselves under strict obligations in this matter , how much more ought they to lay the sense of the duties of their function to heart , who have by solemn vows dedicated themselves to the work of the ministry ? What notion ...
... consider themselves under strict obligations in this matter , how much more ought they to lay the sense of the duties of their function to heart , who have by solemn vows dedicated themselves to the work of the ministry ? What notion ...
Page xx
... " Charity itself could scarcely , without presump- tion , go so far as to affirm , " Now he is at rest , and , I am very confident , enjoys the fruits of his late but sin- cere repentance . " Now , when we consider " XX PREFATORY ADDRESS.
... " Charity itself could scarcely , without presump- tion , go so far as to affirm , " Now he is at rest , and , I am very confident , enjoys the fruits of his late but sin- cere repentance . " Now , when we consider " XX PREFATORY ADDRESS.
Page xxi
... consider " that none of all our libertines understood better than he the secret mysteries of sin ; had more studied everything that could support a man in it , and had more resisted all external means of conviction than he had done ...
... consider " that none of all our libertines understood better than he the secret mysteries of sin ; had more studied everything that could support a man in it , and had more resisted all external means of conviction than he had done ...
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... consider perfect , though on reviewing it after an interval of twenty years from its first publication , years spent in the conscientious discharge of the duties of the Epis- copate , he adds , " I own this is my favourite Book ; which ...
... consider perfect , though on reviewing it after an interval of twenty years from its first publication , years spent in the conscientious discharge of the duties of the Epis- copate , he adds , " I own this is my favourite Book ; which ...
Page xliii
... consider well both their own deportment and the obligations that lie upon them ; which is the growing atheism and impiety that is daily gaining ground , not only among us , but indeed all Europe over . There is a circulation observed in ...
... consider well both their own deportment and the obligations that lie upon them ; which is the growing atheism and impiety that is daily gaining ground , not only among us , but indeed all Europe over . There is a circulation observed in ...
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Page 16 - The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
Page 26 - Even so hath the Lord ordained, that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
Page 28 - No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
Page 87 - Be to the flock of CHRIST a shepherd, not a wolf; feed them, devour them not. Hold up the weak, heal the sick, bind up the broken, bring again the outcasts, seek the lost.
Page 30 - I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom; preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine.
Page 33 - 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 17 - My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
Page 14 - A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof (Jer.5:22-31).
Page 18 - For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth : for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
Page 24 - Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.