Thirty Years' Correspondence Between John Jebb -- and Alexander Knox--, Volume 1Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1835 |
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... thing fanciful ; by leading to Scripture , as its own expositor . Any criticism that is just , an accurate inves- tigation of Scripture must confirm . Whatever is unfair , or un- scriptural , will not stand the test , but must meet ...
... thing fanciful ; by leading to Scripture , as its own expositor . Any criticism that is just , an accurate inves- tigation of Scripture must confirm . Whatever is unfair , or un- scriptural , will not stand the test , but must meet ...
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... things are passed away ; behold all things are become new . ' . . If ye , then , be risen with Christ , seek those things which are above : for ye are dead , and your life is hid , with Christ in God . ' . ' Being justi- fied by faith ...
... things are passed away ; behold all things are become new . ' . . If ye , then , be risen with Christ , seek those things which are above : for ye are dead , and your life is hid , with Christ in God . ' . ' Being justi- fied by faith ...
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... thing never had taken place to seek , finally , whether they feel the need of the aid and conso- lations of God's Spirit ; and , therefore , find prayer as necessary to their mental comfort , as food is , to their bodily strength : . to ...
... thing never had taken place to seek , finally , whether they feel the need of the aid and conso- lations of God's Spirit ; and , therefore , find prayer as necessary to their mental comfort , as food is , to their bodily strength : . to ...
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... thing short , of what I have been stating above ; that christianity implies , ( I use the words of Scougal , ) a real participation of the divine nature ; the very image of Christ , drawn upon the soul ; or , as it is in the Apostle's ...
... thing short , of what I have been stating above ; that christianity implies , ( I use the words of Scougal , ) a real participation of the divine nature ; the very image of Christ , drawn upon the soul ; or , as it is in the Apostle's ...
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... things for the good of his creatures . By the kindness with which you have answered my former question , you have subjected ... thing irksome , or inconvenient to you . I have commenced a plan of giving service , in the evening of Sunday ...
... things for the good of his creatures . By the kindness with which you have answered my former question , you have subjected ... thing irksome , or inconvenient to you . I have commenced a plan of giving service , in the evening of Sunday ...
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Page 82 - We know that whosoever is born of God, sinneth not : but he that is begotten of God, keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
Page 21 - If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
Page 17 - For the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Page 19 - GOD, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed : Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give ; that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee we, being defended from the fear of our enemies, may pass our time in rest and quietness, through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Page 19 - ... to perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant, the oath which he sware to our father Abraham that he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
Page 20 - If ye live after the flesh, ye shall die; but, if ye, through the spirit, mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Page 62 - If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
Page 331 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Page 32 - Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet'; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.' '"Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 91 - According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise master-builder I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other foundation can no man lay, than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.