The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]1842 |
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... things of secondary importance ; that if there be but piety , they ask nothing more ; they will be satisfied with truth uttered by a religious man , with whatsoever disadvantages . But we never find these good people acting on this fine ...
... things of secondary importance ; that if there be but piety , they ask nothing more ; they will be satisfied with truth uttered by a religious man , with whatsoever disadvantages . But we never find these good people acting on this fine ...
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... thing as speaking to the purpose , and such a thing as not speaking to the purpose - such a thing as speaking clearly , forcibly , and persuasively , and such a thing as speaking unintelligibly , coldly , and unimpressively ; and that ...
... thing as speaking to the purpose , and such a thing as not speaking to the purpose - such a thing as speaking clearly , forcibly , and persuasively , and such a thing as speaking unintelligibly , coldly , and unimpressively ; and that ...
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... things which would distract attention . This exercise of the mind is especially necessary if we would adequately feel the things of religion , simply because they cannot appeal to the present and the sensible . It is only by prolonged ...
... things which would distract attention . This exercise of the mind is especially necessary if we would adequately feel the things of religion , simply because they cannot appeal to the present and the sensible . It is only by prolonged ...
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... Things ought not so to be . " There can be no question that the adequate discharge of his pulpit functions is his prin- cipal duty , and for this , therefore , he ought sacredly to secure sufficient time . He ought no more to trespass ...
... Things ought not so to be . " There can be no question that the adequate discharge of his pulpit functions is his prin- cipal duty , and for this , therefore , he ought sacredly to secure sufficient time . He ought no more to trespass ...
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... things so to be ? ' " Even if the cause of our colleges could be wholly detached from that of missionary and other religious societies , are our colleges so unimportant as to justify such disproportion in our efforts ? But when we ...
... things so to be ? ' " Even if the cause of our colleges could be wholly detached from that of missionary and other religious societies , are our colleges so unimportant as to justify such disproportion in our efforts ? But when we ...
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Page 164 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Page 234 - Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
Page 260 - Let no man deceive you by any means, for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition...
Page 99 - WHAT is truth ?" said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief, affecting free-will in thinking as well as in acting. And though the sects of philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins, though there be not so much blood in them as was in those of the ancients.
Page 239 - A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art : Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of every Branch of Human Knowledge ; with the Derivation and Definition of all the Terms in General Use. Edited by WT BRANDE, FRSL and E.
Page 65 - I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Page 231 - The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.
Page 483 - THE GREAT COMMISSION ; Or, the Christian Church constituted and charged to convey the Gospel to the World.
Page 166 - For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Page 251 - BRETHREN, in the Primitive Church there was a godly discipline, that, at the beginning of Lent, such persons as stood convicted of notorious sin were put to open penance, and punished in this world, that their souls might be saved in the day of the Lord; and that others, admonished by their example, might be the more afraid to offend.