The two kingdoms, an allegorySeeley, Burnside, and Seeley, 1843 - 120 pages |
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... labour ? I had better give it up at once , and abandon making the path.1 k At this moment I perceived a friend of mine , who had lately come through the gate , climbing up to the place where is nothing , he deceiveth himself . But let ...
... labour ? I had better give it up at once , and abandon making the path.1 k At this moment I perceived a friend of mine , who had lately come through the gate , climbing up to the place where is nothing , he deceiveth himself . But let ...
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... labour . " 66 Indeed , " I answered , " you are mistaken ; for it is from his being so merciful that we are permitted to labour , and to endeavour to approach his holy temple . " " That would be quite impossible for such poor weak ...
... labour . " 66 Indeed , " I answered , " you are mistaken ; for it is from his being so merciful that we are permitted to labour , and to endeavour to approach his holy temple . " " That would be quite impossible for such poor weak ...
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... labour to be so joyful and easy , as I had done before ; m but warned them of difficulties , while I solemnly urged them to the undertaking . " n I found there was nothing so little un- * Take heed , brethren , lest there be in any of ...
... labour to be so joyful and easy , as I had done before ; m but warned them of difficulties , while I solemnly urged them to the undertaking . " n I found there was nothing so little un- * Take heed , brethren , lest there be in any of ...
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... labour of mak- ing paths , were seldom popular . The intellectual pleasure of gaining know- ledge with only the trouble of listening , is always appreciated ; and there is con- siderable satisfaction in hearing state- ments , about ...
... labour of mak- ing paths , were seldom popular . The intellectual pleasure of gaining know- ledge with only the trouble of listening , is always appreciated ; and there is con- siderable satisfaction in hearing state- ments , about ...
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... fast , and repent . Rev. iii . 2 , 3 . b The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them , because he knoweth not how to go to the city . Eccles . x . 15 . who had made the grand tour of the kingdom , THE TWO KINGDOMS . 79.
... fast , and repent . Rev. iii . 2 , 3 . b The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them , because he knoweth not how to go to the city . Eccles . x . 15 . who had made the grand tour of the kingdom , THE TWO KINGDOMS . 79.
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Page 29 - Seek ye my face;" my heart said unto thee, "Thy face, Lord, will I seek.
Page 73 - For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Page 54 - But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost ; in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Page 101 - And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Page 53 - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us: and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are...
Page 91 - For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called : but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Page 92 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence.
Page 64 - Lord: looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God ; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled : lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
Page 79 - Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Page 53 - What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?