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... BY THE UNREMITTING KINDNESS OF ONE REVERED PATRON , THE AUTHOR HAS BEEN SUCCESSIVELY VICAR OR RECTOR ; THIS WORK IS INSCRIBED BY THEIR SINCERE FRIEND AND WELL - WISHER , G. S. FABER . ADVERTISEMENT . THE Reader will perceive by the date an-
... BY THE UNREMITTING KINDNESS OF ONE REVERED PATRON , THE AUTHOR HAS BEEN SUCCESSIVELY VICAR OR RECTOR ; THIS WORK IS INSCRIBED BY THEIR SINCERE FRIEND AND WELL - WISHER , G. S. FABER . ADVERTISEMENT . THE Reader will perceive by the date an-
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George Stanley Faber. ADVERTISEMENT . THE Reader will perceive by the date an- nexed to the Preface , that this work has been written several years . In fact , the author was in no haste to publish on a subject which , how- ever ...
George Stanley Faber. ADVERTISEMENT . THE Reader will perceive by the date an- nexed to the Preface , that this work has been written several years . In fact , the author was in no haste to publish on a subject which , how- ever ...
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... perceive somewhat within him forcibly restraining him from the commission of sin , and warmly urging him to the prac- tice of holiness . Half of the follies and vanities of the world are mere contrivan- ces to silence this troublesome ...
... perceive somewhat within him forcibly restraining him from the commission of sin , and warmly urging him to the prac- tice of holiness . Half of the follies and vanities of the world are mere contrivan- ces to silence this troublesome ...
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... , he perceives not the en- mity of a corrupt heart against God , because from mere physical reasons he feels no repug- nance against them . But if he be called upon V to analyse the hidden cause of his actions , and 26.
... , he perceives not the en- mity of a corrupt heart against God , because from mere physical reasons he feels no repug- nance against them . But if he be called upon V to analyse the hidden cause of his actions , and 26.
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... perceive their enmity towards God , were Christianity a mere negative system of quietism . Persons of this description , who begin to feel the impor tance of religion , will hear with equal compla- cency a warm exhortation to the duties ...
... perceive their enmity towards God , were Christianity a mere negative system of quietism . Persons of this description , who begin to feel the impor tance of religion , will hear with equal compla- cency a warm exhortation to the duties ...
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Page 95 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment ; 'but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Page 113 - Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it but "sin
Page 69 - Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
Page 204 - Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone ; in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord : in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
Page 161 - When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
Page 113 - For I delight in the law of God after the inward man : but I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Page 198 - Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Page 17 - The condition of man, after the fall of Adam, is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God : wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 218 - But whoso keepeth His Word, in him verily is the love of GOD perfected : hereby know we that we are in Him. He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to walk, even as He walked.
Page 35 - Works done before the grace of Christ, and the Inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ, neither do they make men meet to receive grace, or (as the...