Thirty Years' Correspondence Between John Jebb -- and Alexander Knox--, Volume 1Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1835 |
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... his own part of the correspondence ; and having , for the first time , carefully perused both sides of the series , as a whole , he confided the manuscripts , not vi DEDICATION . many months before his own departure hence ΤΟ ...
... his own part of the correspondence ; and having , for the first time , carefully perused both sides of the series , as a whole , he confided the manuscripts , not vi DEDICATION . many months before his own departure hence ΤΟ ...
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... whole tenor of the New Testament . It is not HEATHENISM , but MORAL EVIL , which is here pointed out , as the grand source of human misery : and the aptitude of the GOSPEL , to overcome and extirpate this MORAL EVIL , is what is dwelt ...
... whole tenor of the New Testament . It is not HEATHENISM , but MORAL EVIL , which is here pointed out , as the grand source of human misery : and the aptitude of the GOSPEL , to overcome and extirpate this MORAL EVIL , is what is dwelt ...
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... whole tenor of the New Testament , in my view , I hesitate not to say , that christian preaching consists , first , in representing man to be , by nature , ( I mean in his pre- sent fallen state , ) a weak , ignorant , sinful , and , of ...
... whole tenor of the New Testament , in my view , I hesitate not to say , that christian preaching consists , first , in representing man to be , by nature , ( I mean in his pre- sent fallen state , ) a weak , ignorant , sinful , and , of ...
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... whole conversation , and conduct : all the innocent , natural enjoyments of life , ( scarcely , perhaps , tasted before , from the natural relish of the mind being blunted by artificial pleasures , ) become inexhaustible sources of ...
... whole conversation , and conduct : all the innocent , natural enjoyments of life , ( scarcely , perhaps , tasted before , from the natural relish of the mind being blunted by artificial pleasures , ) become inexhaustible sources of ...
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... whole system must be vague , extrinsic , and super- ficial . It is remarkable , but , I believe , it will be found a fact , that the meditations of Marcus Antoninus contain a much stricter plan of moral self - government , than is set ...
... whole system must be vague , extrinsic , and super- ficial . It is remarkable , but , I believe , it will be found a fact , that the meditations of Marcus Antoninus contain a much stricter plan of moral self - government , than is set ...
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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.