Works of the Right Reverend Beilby Porteus, Late Bishop of London: With His Life, Volume 3T. Cadell, 1823 |
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... less necessary to a Chris- tian character than benevolence . JAMES i . 27. Pure religion , and undefiled before God and the Father , is this , To visit the father- less and widows in their affliction , and to keep himself unspotted from ...
... less necessary to a Chris- tian character than benevolence . JAMES i . 27. Pure religion , and undefiled before God and the Father , is this , To visit the father- less and widows in their affliction , and to keep himself unspotted from ...
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... less a person than the Son of God himself should be sent from heaven to this lower world to take upon him our flesh ; that his very birth should be a contradiction to the common course of nature ; that he should be allied to mean and ...
... less a person than the Son of God himself should be sent from heaven to this lower world to take upon him our flesh ; that his very birth should be a contradiction to the common course of nature ; that he should be allied to mean and ...
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... less in his voluntary consent to die , " for us men and for our salvation ? " If , in fine , the value of the victim offered was usually proportioned to the magnitude of the offence , and the number of the of- fenders , why should it ...
... less in his voluntary consent to die , " for us men and for our salvation ? " If , in fine , the value of the victim offered was usually proportioned to the magnitude of the offence , and the number of the of- fenders , why should it ...
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... less than the blood of the Son of God himself should be thought to possess sufficient purifying powers to wash away stains of so deep a dye , and so vast extent ? It is evident , then , that all the plausible objections of " the wise ...
... less than the blood of the Son of God himself should be thought to possess sufficient purifying powers to wash away stains of so deep a dye , and so vast extent ? It is evident , then , that all the plausible objections of " the wise ...
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... less a sacrifice than that of his own Son , he has , by this most expressive and tremendous act , signified to the whole world such extreme indignation at sin , as may well alarm , even while he saves us , and make us " tremble at his ...
... less a sacrifice than that of his own Son , he has , by this most expressive and tremendous act , signified to the whole world such extreme indignation at sin , as may well alarm , even while he saves us , and make us " tremble at his ...
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Page 233 - And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days. 32 And they were astonished at his doctrine : for his word was with power.
Page 5 - And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Page 29 - Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
Page 244 - And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
Page 32 - Where is the wise ? where is the scribe ? where is the disputer of this world ? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world ? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Page 7 - But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face, That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret : and thy Father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
Page 180 - Praise the Lord, O my soul : and all that is within me praise his holy Name. Praise the Lord, O my soul : and forget not all his benefits...
Page 28 - that his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts...
Page vi - And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions ? if the LORD be God, follow him : but if Baal, then follow him.
Page 102 - For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: 4 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.