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... influence of education . 2. Some from the influence , of an awakened con- science . 3. Some from a regard to reputation . 4. Some from a regard to secular advantage . 5. Some from a desire to conceal their wickedness . These are ...
... influence of education . 2. Some from the influence , of an awakened con- science . 3. Some from a regard to reputation . 4. Some from a regard to secular advantage . 5. Some from a desire to conceal their wickedness . These are ...
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... influence of education . Though it is not universally true without any exceptions , yet that maxim of the wise man's will generally hold , viz . Train up a child in the way he should go , and when he is old he will not depart from it ...
... influence of education . Though it is not universally true without any exceptions , yet that maxim of the wise man's will generally hold , viz . Train up a child in the way he should go , and when he is old he will not depart from it ...
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... influence of ed- ucation , and by being descended from those who truly feared God , may be secured against down- right profaneness , or engaged to take upon us a profession of religion ; yet since the saving grace of God comes not to us ...
... influence of ed- ucation , and by being descended from those who truly feared God , may be secured against down- right profaneness , or engaged to take upon us a profession of religion ; yet since the saving grace of God comes not to us ...
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... influence to such a profession and yet Lever carry us further ; justifying our Saviour's remark , when he pronounces of all who set out to meet him with lamps only , and no oil , that they are foolish virgins . I shall close this ...
... influence to such a profession and yet Lever carry us further ; justifying our Saviour's remark , when he pronounces of all who set out to meet him with lamps only , and no oil , that they are foolish virgins . I shall close this ...
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... influence of ? - II . Let us now inquire whence it comes to pass , that unthoughtfulness of death is so general a fail- ing ; and the coming of Christ at a time in which we looked not for it . His coming can never be unsafe to a ...
... influence of ? - II . Let us now inquire whence it comes to pass , that unthoughtfulness of death is so general a fail- ing ; and the coming of Christ at a time in which we looked not for it . His coming can never be unsafe to a ...
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Page 57 - And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Page 96 - 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 24 - Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
Page 66 - And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bride-chamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them ? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
Page 66 - There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most high.
Page 56 - But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the Ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Page 52 - My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken ; the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 85 - Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. " Woe unto the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Page 112 - Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Page 64 - And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares ; for as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.