A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Oxford, at the Visitation Holden June, 1840 |
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... least been seldom moved in Bishops ' Courts . We cannot wonder that the temper of the times should call for change , nor need we hesitate to admit , that even where the Courts work well , a preference must be given to a discipline more ...
... least been seldom moved in Bishops ' Courts . We cannot wonder that the temper of the times should call for change , nor need we hesitate to admit , that even where the Courts work well , a preference must be given to a discipline more ...
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... , there has always been hostility between the World and the Church . The World has hated the Church ; and the Church has waged war against the World . Her spirit however has not B been that of hatred , so far at least as A CHARGE ...
... , there has always been hostility between the World and the Church . The World has hated the Church ; and the Church has waged war against the World . Her spirit however has not B been that of hatred , so far at least as A CHARGE ...
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... least they have slackened their attack , and are awaiting a more favorable season to renew it . This however , were this the sole evidence of the increast strength and vigour of the Church , would be poor and un- satisfactory . For this ...
... least they have slackened their attack , and are awaiting a more favorable season to renew it . This however , were this the sole evidence of the increast strength and vigour of the Church , would be poor and un- satisfactory . For this ...
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... least endeavour so to hallow ours : let us each of us excite our neighbours , our friends , our parishioners , so to hallow theirs . The offerings which are made with willing hearts , will be more acceptable to God , and will therefore ...
... least endeavour so to hallow ours : let us each of us excite our neighbours , our friends , our parishioners , so to hallow theirs . The offerings which are made with willing hearts , will be more acceptable to God , and will therefore ...
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... least . Restore one window this year : let your successors restore another next year . When the good work is once entered upon , the desire of going on with it will increase rapidly : for you will take more and more interest in that ...
... least . Restore one window this year : let your successors restore another next year . When the good work is once entered upon , the desire of going on with it will increase rapidly : for you will take more and more interest in that ...
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Page 47 - Ye looked for much, and lo it came to little ; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why ? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine House that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
Page 4 - God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked ; that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
Page 13 - But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison ; and now do they thrust us out privily ? nay, verily ; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
Page 33 - Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. 21 Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.
Page 9 - For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, And his ears are open unto their prayers: But the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
Page 12 - Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest, where she may lay her young ; even thy altars, 'O LORD of hosts, my King and my GOD.
Page 47 - Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, And this house lie waste ? Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts ; Consider your ways. Ye have sown much, and bring in little; Ye eat, but ye have not enough ; Ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink ; Ye clothe you, but there is none warm ; And he that earneth wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. Thus saith the LORD of hosts ; Consider your ways.