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... piety by having family obligations , and many impor- tant duties , to keep them steady . Especially with regard to those who bear the sacred office of Ministers of the Gospel , the young think that such persons must needs be preserved ...
... piety by having family obligations , and many impor- tant duties , to keep them steady . Especially with regard to those who bear the sacred office of Ministers of the Gospel , the young think that such persons must needs be preserved ...
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William Jowett. tian course ; and whoever thinks of a life of piety , otherwise than as a race or a warfare , has yet to learn the first rudiments of the Gospel . But when your mind is fully convinced that you must take the kingdom of ...
William Jowett. tian course ; and whoever thinks of a life of piety , otherwise than as a race or a warfare , has yet to learn the first rudiments of the Gospel . But when your mind is fully convinced that you must take the kingdom of ...
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... do not prize them and profit by them , we shall most certainly dwindle in our growth . To this single consideration , pri- marily , the favourable or unfavourable character of our piety DIVERSITIES OF RELIGIOUS PROGRESS . 17.
... do not prize them and profit by them , we shall most certainly dwindle in our growth . To this single consideration , pri- marily , the favourable or unfavourable character of our piety DIVERSITIES OF RELIGIOUS PROGRESS . 17.
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... piety bears a direct propor- tion to the faithfulness of our secret prayers . A flourishing growth in piety is also much connected with steadiness of purpose , in aiming at habitual consistency . Those who are often changing their views ...
... piety bears a direct propor- tion to the faithfulness of our secret prayers . A flourishing growth in piety is also much connected with steadiness of purpose , in aiming at habitual consistency . Those who are often changing their views ...
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... a healthy piety . They avoid a talking reli- gion : they judge of themselves by their conduct , and by the settled habit of their dispositions , rather than by occasional feelings . Characters that grow thus 20 LETTER III .
... a healthy piety . They avoid a talking reli- gion : they judge of themselves by their conduct , and by the settled habit of their dispositions , rather than by occasional feelings . Characters that grow thus 20 LETTER III .
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Page 69 - GOD, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright...
Page 27 - Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
Page 26 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Page 69 - BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Page 39 - For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
Page 70 - Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 70 - ALMIGHTY God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves ; Keep us hoth outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls ; that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul, through Jesus Christ our Lord.