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... happiness which may be attained Therefore he has no pretence for alleging uncer . tainty as an excuse for his conduct , because he does not act in conformity with that in which there is no uncertainty at all . In the next place , it is ...
... happiness which may be attained Therefore he has no pretence for alleging uncer . tainty as an excuse for his conduct , because he does not act in conformity with that in which there is no uncertainty at all . In the next place , it is ...
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... happiness he was anxious , to be placed , a life of confirmed vice and dissoluteness ; founded in a formal renuncia- tion of religion . He that has to preach Christianity to persons in this state has to preach to stones . He must not ...
... happiness he was anxious , to be placed , a life of confirmed vice and dissoluteness ; founded in a formal renuncia- tion of religion . He that has to preach Christianity to persons in this state has to preach to stones . He must not ...
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... happiness . Now of examples of this kind , namely , of direct and special mercies to- wards himself , no one , who calls to mind the pas- sages and providences of his life , can be destitute . There is one topic of gratitude falling ...
... happiness . Now of examples of this kind , namely , of direct and special mercies to- wards himself , no one , who calls to mind the pas- sages and providences of his life , can be destitute . There is one topic of gratitude falling ...
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... happiness of our lives . But whilst the religious principle is forming , at least during the first steps of that formation , we are induced to think about religion chriefly from a sense of its vast consequences , and this reason is ...
... happiness of our lives . But whilst the religious principle is forming , at least during the first steps of that formation , we are induced to think about religion chriefly from a sense of its vast consequences , and this reason is ...
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... congre- gation of our fellow Christians there collected ; it accompanies us in our joint offices of religion in an especial manner ; and it returns us to our homes holier , and happier , and better ; and TASTE FOR DEVOTION . 55.
... congre- gation of our fellow Christians there collected ; it accompanies us in our joint offices of religion in an especial manner ; and it returns us to our homes holier , and happier , and better ; and TASTE FOR DEVOTION . 55.
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Page 26 - Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. 5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
Page 73 - And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
Page 97 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Page 83 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery : But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Page 97 - Behold, all souls are Mine: as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine : the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Page 138 - What shall we say then ? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound ? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein...
Page 179 - Let him that stole steal no more : but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Page 70 - These are the words of an anxious man. " Not," then he proceeds, " not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect ; but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended, but this one thing I do ; forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press towards the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Page 65 - And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him. And...
Page 106 - Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.