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... nature of temporal enjoyments ; and to pro- mote a lively concern for the attainment of that feli- city , which will be complete and permanent ; are the objects of the present publication . Piety and virtue , abstractedly considered ...
... nature of temporal enjoyments ; and to pro- mote a lively concern for the attainment of that feli- city , which will be complete and permanent ; are the objects of the present publication . Piety and virtue , abstractedly considered ...
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... nature , as well as a considerable portion of useful , biographical information . The introductory narratives relative to the subjects of the work , will , he presumes , be found intimately connected with its chief design . They gratify ...
... nature , as well as a considerable portion of useful , biographical information . The introductory narratives relative to the subjects of the work , will , he presumes , be found intimately connected with its chief design . They gratify ...
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... nature came to us from Heaven pure and without defect ; but in pro- cess of time , ignorance , the passions , and evil exam- ples corrupted it . Reformation consists in restoring it to its primitive beauties : to be perfect , we must ...
... nature came to us from Heaven pure and without defect ; but in pro- cess of time , ignorance , the passions , and evil exam- ples corrupted it . Reformation consists in restoring it to its primitive beauties : to be perfect , we must ...
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... nature , and taking no pains to render themselves useful to mankind . His favorite maxim was , " Whatever is above us , does not concern us . " His great object in all his conferences and dis- courses , was , to lead men into an ...
... nature , and taking no pains to render themselves useful to mankind . His favorite maxim was , " Whatever is above us , does not concern us . " His great object in all his conferences and dis- courses , was , to lead men into an ...
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... was this of religion , the pure and benign religion of Christ , over the passions of hu- man nature , and the malevolence of evil spirits ! SECTION VII . THE APOSTLE PAUL . THIS eminent apostle STEPHEN THE PROTOMARTYR . 35.
... was this of religion , the pure and benign religion of Christ , over the passions of hu- man nature , and the malevolence of evil spirits ! SECTION VII . THE APOSTLE PAUL . THIS eminent apostle STEPHEN THE PROTOMARTYR . 35.
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Page 261 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you...
Page 172 - I have a short and plain answer: let him study the Holy Scripture, especially the New Testament; therein are contained the words of eternal life : it has God for its author, Salvation for its end, and Truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter...
Page 14 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 38 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed ; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
Page 12 - But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil ? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Page 35 - And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge.
Page 305 - He has visited all Europe,— not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art; not to collect medals, or...
Page 96 - My lord, when I lost the freedom of my cell, which was my college, yet I found some degree of it in my quiet country parsonage ; but I am weary of the noise and oppositions of this place, and indeed God and nature did not intend me for contentions, but for study and quietness.
Page 39 - And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the grace of God.
Page 174 - I am dead. All the use to be made of it is, that this life is a scene . of vanity, that soon passes away; and affords no solid satisfaction, but in the consciousness of doing well, and in the hopes of another life. This is what I can say upon experience; and what you will find to be true, when you come to make up the account.