Letters of the Late John Thorp, of Manchester: A Minister of the Gospel in the Society of Friends ; to which is Prefixed a Memoir of the Life of the Writer |
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... suffer for Christ's sake. If you are called to endure harshness for the sake of the truth, then those are the sufferings of Christ. If you suffer for your own sake, it may be a punishment for your own sins. But if you endure for ...
... suffer for Christ's sake. If you are called to endure harshness for the sake of the truth, then those are the sufferings of Christ. If you suffer for your own sake, it may be a punishment for your own sins. But if you endure for ...
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... suffering, Meyer suggests, should not be law's objective, because the loss ofall suffering would itselfimpose a kind of suf- fering. We suffer to achieve a good, we suffer with a good—for example, grief when we lose a loved one—and we ...
... suffering, Meyer suggests, should not be law's objective, because the loss ofall suffering would itselfimpose a kind of suf- fering. We suffer to achieve a good, we suffer with a good—for example, grief when we lose a loved one—and we ...
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... suffer . They will suffer at least initially because they are used to the luxuries here . Yet the residents in the European town where they are moving don't see themselves as suffering because they do not know or expect other than what ...
... suffer . They will suffer at least initially because they are used to the luxuries here . Yet the residents in the European town where they are moving don't see themselves as suffering because they do not know or expect other than what ...
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... suffering, to suffer, to be in pain” Heb. 2.9, 10, 18; 5.8; 9.26; 10.32; 13.12 24:80 συμπαθέω: “suffer along with someone else” Heb. 4.15; 10.34 24:84 συγκακουχέομαι “undergo the same type of suffering as others do” Heb. 11.25 Domain 38 ...
... suffering, to suffer, to be in pain” Heb. 2.9, 10, 18; 5.8; 9.26; 10.32; 13.12 24:80 συμπαθέω: “suffer along with someone else” Heb. 4.15; 10.34 24:84 συγκακουχέομαι “undergo the same type of suffering as others do” Heb. 11.25 Domain 38 ...
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... suffer, one might indeed be moved to serve him. But, in fact, according to this passage, Christ is actually hidden in those faces; his face is obscured by the faces of those who suffer. People therefore do not know that it is Christ ...
... suffer, one might indeed be moved to serve him. But, in fact, according to this passage, Christ is actually hidden in those faces; his face is obscured by the faces of those who suffer. People therefore do not know that it is Christ ...
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Page 147 - Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him: and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Page 90 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this...
Page 80 - Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
Page 194 - But the righteous live for evermore; their reward also is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the most High. Therefore shall they receive a glorious kingdom, and a beautiful crown from the Lord's hand: for with his right hand shall he cover them, and with his arm shall he protect them.
Page 243 - Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground ; Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Page 77 - Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them : wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD...
Page 10 - Will the Lord cast off for ever ? and will he be favourable no more ? Is his mercy clean gone for ever ? doth his promise fail for evermore ? Hath God forgotten to be gracious ? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies...
Page 98 - Christ ; if sons, we must be brethren to the only-begotten: but being he came not to do his own will, but the will of Him that sent him, he acknowledgeth no fraternity but with such as do the same ; as he Matt.
Page 35 - It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him...
Page 26 - But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with ? They say unto him, We are able.