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... rule of our actions ; and the holy spirit , our mighty counsellor , and assistant . Faith in Christ , such as I have described it to be , is , above all things , likely to afford to us the comfort of general rules ; to give to the ...
... rule of our actions ; and the holy spirit , our mighty counsellor , and assistant . Faith in Christ , such as I have described it to be , is , above all things , likely to afford to us the comfort of general rules ; to give to the ...
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... rule which guards us against temptation , must be laid down , and in time it will come to be regarded on its own account ; many things , in themselves inno- cent , will be avoided on account of their influence upon the rule ; many ...
... rule which guards us against temptation , must be laid down , and in time it will come to be regarded on its own account ; many things , in themselves inno- cent , will be avoided on account of their influence upon the rule ; many ...
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... rules , but these general rules , in order to be kept , must be moderate ; they must contain all that the gospel requires , but no more than the gospel requires ; they ought by no means to exclude the innocent pleasures of life , or to ...
... rules , but these general rules , in order to be kept , must be moderate ; they must contain all that the gospel requires , but no more than the gospel requires ; they ought by no means to exclude the innocent pleasures of life , or to ...
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... rule is to connect toge- ther resistance of temptation with increase of happiness ; to perceive that we are only enlarging our conceptions of enjoyment by resisting temptation , and not pleasing our- selves for the moment that is ...
... rule is to connect toge- ther resistance of temptation with increase of happiness ; to perceive that we are only enlarging our conceptions of enjoyment by resisting temptation , and not pleasing our- selves for the moment that is ...
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... rule , to enlighten , and to adorn the world . This is the evil which the wise man saw , and said , that the earth was filled with it , that all things were vanity , and vexation of spirit . Vanity is not only a dangerous passion , but ...
... rule , to enlighten , and to adorn the world . This is the evil which the wise man saw , and said , that the earth was filled with it , that all things were vanity , and vexation of spirit . Vanity is not only a dangerous passion , but ...
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Page 195 - How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die, "And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
Page 195 - And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain ; it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain : 38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
Page 131 - And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
Page 173 - And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
Page 130 - And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
Page 271 - Even unto this present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place ; and labour, working with our own hands...
Page 272 - What mean ye to weep, and to break my heart ? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Page 273 - And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
Page 273 - 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 169 - ... with the God of heaven it is all one, to deliver with a great multitude, or a small company: for the victory of battle standeth not in the multitude of an host; but strength cometh from heaven. They come against us in much pride and iniquity to destroy us, and our wives and children, and to spoil us: but we fight for our lives and our laws. Wherefore the Lord himself will overthrow them before our face: and as for you, be ye not afraid of them.