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... grow in grace , and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ . SERMON XVIII . • On the nature and necessity of humility . LUKE Xviii , 14. And he that humbleth himself shall be ex- alted . 292 312 SERMON XIX . Great men the ...
... grow in grace , and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ . SERMON XVIII . • On the nature and necessity of humility . LUKE Xviii , 14. And he that humbleth himself shall be ex- alted . 292 312 SERMON XIX . Great men the ...
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... grow in grace , God may be said to carry on the good work he had begun in his heart . There is no occasion , therefore , of rectifying that mode of speaking on this subject , which runs through the Bible . It is strictly just and ...
... grow in grace , God may be said to carry on the good work he had begun in his heart . There is no occasion , therefore , of rectifying that mode of speaking on this subject , which runs through the Bible . It is strictly just and ...
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... grow up as a tender plant , and as a root out of a dry ground : he hath no form nor comeliness : and when we shall see him , there is no beauty that we should desire him . He is despised and rejected of men ; a man of sorrows , and ...
... grow up as a tender plant , and as a root out of a dry ground : he hath no form nor comeliness : and when we shall see him , there is no beauty that we should desire him . He is despised and rejected of men ; a man of sorrows , and ...
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... grow cold and formal in the duties of devotion , they may justly expect , that their sinful declension will be followed with darkness , doubts , and distressing fears . There is another way in which gloomy christians may mistake the ...
... grow cold and formal in the duties of devotion , they may justly expect , that their sinful declension will be followed with darkness , doubts , and distressing fears . There is another way in which gloomy christians may mistake the ...
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... growing or declin- ing christians . Have you examined yourselves impartially ? If you examine your hearts ever so frequently , without an impartial and sincere desire to know what they are , you may only increase your self - deception ...
... growing or declin- ing christians . Have you examined yourselves impartially ? If you examine your hearts ever so frequently , without an impartial and sincere desire to know what they are , you may only increase your self - deception ...
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Page 164 - Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Page 316 - I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron...
Page 14 - Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne...
Page 354 - Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Page 212 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Page 33 - Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance : for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Page 77 - Jesus said unto them ; If God were your Father, ye would love me ; for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
Page 247 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not : if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Page 175 - The light of the body is the eye. If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness.
Page 103 - And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David : blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord ; Hosanna in the highest. And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this ? And the multitude said, This is Jesus the Prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.