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... person of intelligence would be satisfied with a meagre list of scattered extracts . the account of his life we have extracted several successive pa- ges from the memoir prefixed to the last edition of his works , and have made free use ...
... person of intelligence would be satisfied with a meagre list of scattered extracts . the account of his life we have extracted several successive pa- ges from the memoir prefixed to the last edition of his works , and have made free use ...
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... person who had changed his persua- sion , all he said was , " Is he more meek ; more dead to the world ? If so , he has made a happy change . " " It is related of him , that going one day to visit a leading minis- ter of the presbytery ...
... person who had changed his persua- sion , all he said was , " Is he more meek ; more dead to the world ? If so , he has made a happy change . " " It is related of him , that going one day to visit a leading minis- ter of the presbytery ...
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... person assume the sovereignty , he answered with exquisite judgment , " If God hath appointed any such thing for us , he will give us heads to bear such liquor : our preferment shall ... persons should think as meanly of him , as he xxiii.
... person assume the sovereignty , he answered with exquisite judgment , " If God hath appointed any such thing for us , he will give us heads to bear such liquor : our preferment shall ... persons should think as meanly of him , as he xxiii.
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... persons of the world , that attain to high degrees of pure contemplation and divine love ; but next to those , them that in aspiring to that and falling short of it , fall down into deep humility , and self - contempt , and a real de ...
... persons of the world , that attain to high degrees of pure contemplation and divine love ; but next to those , them that in aspiring to that and falling short of it , fall down into deep humility , and self - contempt , and a real de ...
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... person ; and reckon my early knowledge of him , and my long and intimate conversation with him , that continued to his ... persons should think as meanly of him as he did of him- self : he bore all sorts of ill usage and reproach like a ...
... person ; and reckon my early knowledge of him , and my long and intimate conversation with him , that continued to his ... persons should think as meanly of him as he did of him- self : he bore all sorts of ill usage and reproach like a ...
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Page 122 - ... searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven ; which things the angels desire to look into.
Page 277 - For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God : and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God ? 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Page 129 - Christ ; as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance : but as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation ; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Page 143 - Man that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one.
Page 84 - Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin...
Page 402 - Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart and the tongue of the dumb sing, for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Page 71 - ... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 388 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Page liii - Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness ; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Page 183 - Christ ; not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers ; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.