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... sacred associations in the minds of the pious . It is a fair presumption , that " He who formed " the heart , who knoweth what is in the heart of man , and needeth not that any should tell him , " best knew what are its leading ...
... sacred associations in the minds of the pious . It is a fair presumption , that " He who formed " the heart , who knoweth what is in the heart of man , and needeth not that any should tell him , " best knew what are its leading ...
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... a vitiated public taste , or to swell the number of those sacred fictions which tend , he is persuaded , to enervate the youthful mind , to diminish the reverence of the youthful heart , and to clothe the hallowed PREFACE . xi.
... a vitiated public taste , or to swell the number of those sacred fictions which tend , he is persuaded , to enervate the youthful mind , to diminish the reverence of the youthful heart , and to clothe the hallowed PREFACE . xi.
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... sacred blood which courses through his own veins . Nature shudders at the act ; and society , indignant and abhorrent at its perpetration , casts out the self - dishonoured corpse , from all the de- cencies and charities of Christian ...
... sacred blood which courses through his own veins . Nature shudders at the act ; and society , indignant and abhorrent at its perpetration , casts out the self - dishonoured corpse , from all the de- cencies and charities of Christian ...
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... sacred blood which courses through his own veins . Nature shudders at the act ; and society , indignant and abhorrent at its perpetration , casts out the self - dishonoured corpse , from all the de- cencies and charities of Christian ...
... sacred blood which courses through his own veins . Nature shudders at the act ; and society , indignant and abhorrent at its perpetration , casts out the self - dishonoured corpse , from all the de- cencies and charities of Christian ...
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... 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 guileless spirit , and which never ...
... 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 guileless spirit , and which never ...
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Page 181 - 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 166 - 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 206 - And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
Page 40 - 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 180 - 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 70 - 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 19 - Peter answered, and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.
Page 36 - And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
Page 64 - 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 40 - The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, that it may remain in the house.