Discourses, Doctrinal and Practical: Delivered in Essex Street Chapel, Volume 1 |
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... discipline of life is , to produce this spi- rituality of mind . A person of common understanding cannot advance far in life , without gaining a considerable degree of superiority over present impressions , and acquiring a habit of ...
... discipline of life is , to produce this spi- rituality of mind . A person of common understanding cannot advance far in life , without gaining a considerable degree of superiority over present impressions , and acquiring a habit of ...
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... discipline . In a word , the great object of the gospel dispensation is to teach mankind to walk by faith , and not by sight . In this respect there is a remarkable ana- logy between the dispensations of Provi- dence and the discoveries ...
... discipline . In a word , the great object of the gospel dispensation is to teach mankind to walk by faith , and not by sight . In this respect there is a remarkable ana- logy between the dispensations of Provi- dence and the discoveries ...
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... discipline and preparation for an everlasting inheritance ; and who regards no event as of any moment , but in propor- tion to its relation to , and its influence upon , his future everlasting existence ! 1. In the first place , the man ...
... discipline and preparation for an everlasting inheritance ; and who regards no event as of any moment , but in propor- tion to its relation to , and its influence upon , his future everlasting existence ! 1. In the first place , the man ...
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... discipline . And under these impressions the virtuous suf- ferer will bow his head in humble , dutiful resignation to the divine government : he will drink of the cup of sorrow in mild sub- jection to the paternal hand by which it is ...
... discipline . And under these impressions the virtuous suf- ferer will bow his head in humble , dutiful resignation to the divine government : he will drink of the cup of sorrow in mild sub- jection to the paternal hand by which it is ...
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... discipline , by which the minds of men are formed to truth and virtue , is a dispensation of Love . + " If God made all his creatures naturally depraved , with hearts corrupted to the very core , as some teach , and then con- demned ...
... discipline , by which the minds of men are formed to truth and virtue , is a dispensation of Love . + " If God made all his creatures naturally depraved , with hearts corrupted to the very core , as some teach , and then con- demned ...
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