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... never asking themselves whence the prompting comes - whether it be right or wrong ; or what is the state of that exhaustless fund of thought , and spring of feeling and of action from which they daily draw , and which sends its strong ...
... never asking themselves whence the prompting comes - whether it be right or wrong ; or what is the state of that exhaustless fund of thought , and spring of feeling and of action from which they daily draw , and which sends its strong ...
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... never be offended " — " Though I should die with thee , yet will I not deny thee . " The sequel of this presumptuous confidence is known , and should be treasured up in memory by all Christian disciples as a solemn warning to themselves ...
... never be offended " — " Though I should die with thee , yet will I not deny thee . " The sequel of this presumptuous confidence is known , and should be treasured up in memory by all Christian disciples as a solemn warning to themselves ...
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... never attempt the acquisition of this knowledge ; and even the most pious seekers attain it but measurably . A pro- minent cause of this difficulty and failure will be pointed out and discussed in the following chapter , 22 CHAPTER II ...
... never attempt the acquisition of this knowledge ; and even the most pious seekers attain it but measurably . A pro- minent cause of this difficulty and failure will be pointed out and discussed in the following chapter , 22 CHAPTER II ...
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... never so . They do but half believe what they entirely pro- fess . Enough of original conviction still remains to mar all the satisfaction they would otherwise receive from their more recent and unsettling theories . They are ever and ...
... never so . They do but half believe what they entirely pro- fess . Enough of original conviction still remains to mar all the satisfaction they would otherwise receive from their more recent and unsettling theories . They are ever and ...
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... never permitted to infringe upon a sacred regard to truth , to prevent candid acknowledgments and humble confessions on the proper occasions , nor to spoil that openness and ingenuousness of demeanour , which is in- separable from a ...
... never permitted to infringe upon a sacred regard to truth , to prevent candid acknowledgments and humble confessions on the proper occasions , nor to spoil that openness and ingenuousness of demeanour , which is in- separable from a ...
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Page 270 - In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
Page 189 - To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Page 174 - Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance ; for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of; but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Page 188 - For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge ! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
Page 206 - And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
Page 22 - He feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand...
Page 60 - And to whom sware He that they should not enter into His rest, but to them that believed not ? So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
Page 54 - 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 147 - For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom, to another the word of knowledge, by the same Spirit. To another faith, by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing, by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another divers kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as He will.
Page 132 - But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost...