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... leads those pos- sessed by it to withhold honour from men the most distin- guished for their talents , their worth , and their usefulness , and , it may be , to cherish towards them sentiments of bitter contempt ; merely because they ...
... leads those pos- sessed by it to withhold honour from men the most distin- guished for their talents , their worth , and their usefulness , and , it may be , to cherish towards them sentiments of bitter contempt ; merely because they ...
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... leads us chiefly to think of , and provide for , and relieve , those wants and miseries which belong to him as the object of our reverence ; his wants as an intelligent , responsible , religious , immortal being ; and it at the same ...
... leads us chiefly to think of , and provide for , and relieve , those wants and miseries which belong to him as the object of our reverence ; his wants as an intelligent , responsible , religious , immortal being ; and it at the same ...
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John Brown. leads him to treat the sensitive nature that is beneath him , as if it were so much inanimate matter . It is the feeling that they are so far beneath him , that induces him to be so careless of the sufferings of the lower ...
John Brown. leads him to treat the sensitive nature that is beneath him , as if it were so much inanimate matter . It is the feeling that they are so far beneath him , that induces him to be so careless of the sufferings of the lower ...
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... leads us to use all the means in our power to raise our fellow men in the scale of true honour and excellence ; to rescue them from the influence of ignorance , and error , and superstition ; to put down slavery , oppression , war , and ...
... leads us to use all the means in our power to raise our fellow men in the scale of true honour and excellence ; to rescue them from the influence of ignorance , and error , and superstition ; to put down slavery , oppression , war , and ...
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... leads those who are thus distinguished to a sympathy of mind and heart , of thought and affection , with all who , under the same influ- ence , have been led to entertain the same views and cherish the same dispositions . It has for its ...
... leads those who are thus distinguished to a sympathy of mind and heart , of thought and affection , with all who , under the same influ- ence , have been led to entertain the same views and cherish the same dispositions . It has for its ...
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Page 277 - Who is gone into Heaven, and is on the Right Hand of God ; Angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto Him.
Page 338 - Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many, for he shall bear their iniquities.
Page 458 - For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God : and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
Page 118 - I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting ; in like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety, not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array, but (which becometh women professing godliness,) with good works.
Page 371 - God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
Page 414 - Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind, (for he that hath suffered in the flesh, hath ceased from sin,) that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
Page 360 - Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds ; who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high ; being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Page 230 - Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Page 172 - He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
Page 338 - Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death; and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.