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... Nature of Christianity Neglecting the Gospel · Inadequate views of human nature Two common Errors The cause of Scepticism The Almost Christian Conversion The New Creature Christian Unity • • Following the Lord fully Page 1 5 10 16 20 28 ...
... Nature of Christianity Neglecting the Gospel · Inadequate views of human nature Two common Errors The cause of Scepticism The Almost Christian Conversion The New Creature Christian Unity • • Following the Lord fully Page 1 5 10 16 20 28 ...
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... nature bears ; - Create me all anew within ; Dissolve my flinty heart to tears . To thee I look , my only Lord ; On thee , my trembling soul depends ; Blest Saviour ! speak the healing word ; Thy pard'ning mercy never ends . Then will ...
... nature bears ; - Create me all anew within ; Dissolve my flinty heart to tears . To thee I look , my only Lord ; On thee , my trembling soul depends ; Blest Saviour ! speak the healing word ; Thy pard'ning mercy never ends . Then will ...
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... nature the children of wrath , " Ephes . ii . 3 ; that " there is none righteous , no not one , ” Rom . iii . 10 . O ! my soul , cavil not with thy justly offended Creator , but confess thy guilt , both original and actual . Seek for ...
... nature the children of wrath , " Ephes . ii . 3 ; that " there is none righteous , no not one , ” Rom . iii . 10 . O ! my soul , cavil not with thy justly offended Creator , but confess thy guilt , both original and actual . Seek for ...
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... nature , and rendered so beautiful by art , is still destitute of real worth , whilst devoid of those qualities which alone can render it precious in the sight of God . Such a character , the world's idol and the Gos- pel's bane , is ...
... nature , and rendered so beautiful by art , is still destitute of real worth , whilst devoid of those qualities which alone can render it precious in the sight of God . Such a character , the world's idol and the Gos- pel's bane , is ...
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... nature the children of wrath . But For such a world of hateful sinners , JESUS DIED ! O ! stupendous miracle of mercy ! Well may angels desire to look into this mystery of love . O amazing infatuation , man , for whom this mercy was ...
... nature the children of wrath . But For such a world of hateful sinners , JESUS DIED ! O ! stupendous miracle of mercy ! Well may angels desire to look into this mystery of love . O amazing infatuation , man , for whom this mercy was ...
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Page 175 - Wash you, make you clean: put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Page 11 - And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
Page 175 - And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Page 151 - For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away : but the Word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the Word which by the Gospel is preached unto you.
Page 30 - Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean ; from all your filthiness, and from all your idols will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.
Page 203 - It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: if we suffer, we shall also reign with him...
Page 200 - Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and 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 233 - Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the LORD, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters saith the LORD Almighty...
Page 150 - For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Page 136 - Neither pray I for these alone but for them also which shall believe on me through their word, that they all may be one,— as thou Father art in me and I in thee that they also may be one in us : that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them, that they may be one even as we are one.