The Works...: With a Biographical Sketch of the Author, Volumen5G. Cowie and Company, 1837 |
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... reason and duty , in every condition and at every period of life . Even in youth they are built upon falsehood and folly . Young persons , as well as old , find that things do actually come to pass . Evils and mischiefs , which they ...
... reason and duty , in every condition and at every period of life . Even in youth they are built upon falsehood and folly . Young persons , as well as old , find that things do actually come to pass . Evils and mischiefs , which they ...
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... Reason , faith , and hope , are the only prin- ciples to which religion applies , or possibly can apply : and it is reason , faith , and hope , striving with sense , striving with temptation , striving for things absent against things ...
... Reason , faith , and hope , are the only prin- ciples to which religion applies , or possibly can apply : and it is reason , faith , and hope , striving with sense , striving with temptation , striving for things absent against things ...
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... reason , that it implies and includes that most important duty , self - examination ; for I hold it to be next to impossible for a man to meditate upon religion , without meditating at the same time upon his own present condition , with ...
... reason , that it implies and includes that most important duty , self - examination ; for I hold it to be next to impossible for a man to meditate upon religion , without meditating at the same time upon his own present condition , with ...
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... reason and principle there is none . A good Chris- tian divides his time between the duties of religion , the calls of business , and those quiet relaxations which may be innocently allowed to his circumstances and condition , and which ...
... reason and principle there is none . A good Chris- tian divides his time between the duties of religion , the calls of business , and those quiet relaxations which may be innocently allowed to his circumstances and condition , and which ...
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... reason of the thing . I take upon me to say , that religious men are generally cheerful . If this be not observed , as might be expected , supposing it to be true , it is because the cheerfulness which religion inspires does not show ...
... reason of the thing . I take upon me to say , that religious men are generally cheerful . If this be not observed , as might be expected , supposing it to be true , it is because the cheerfulness which religion inspires does not show ...
Términos y frases comunes
amongst apostle appear believe blessed body called cause cere cerning character Christian commandment concerning condition conduct conscience consequence conversion course death discourse disposition Divine doctrine duty earnest effect efficacy endeavours evil expressions faith Father feel God's grace habit happiness hath hear heart heaven Holy Holy Spirit hope human idolatry importance influence Israel Jesus Christ Jews John Joseph ligion lives Lord Lord's mankind mean meditation mercy mind moral motives nature necessary ness object observe occasions ourselves particular perceive person Pharisee portunities pray prayer preach present principle question racter reason regard religion religious repentance rule Saint James Saint John Saint Paul Saint Peter salvation Saviour Scripture Secondly sense serious sincere sins soul speak spirit of devotion things thou thoughts tion true truth unto vice vile body virtue whilst words worldly worship
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Página 140 - Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
Página 175 - 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...
Página 407 - And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand ''talents. ^But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Página 115 - Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
Página 408 - And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, 'Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?' 55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, 'Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. * For 34 chapter 9: 43 the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Página 89 - And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks and thy herds, and all that thou hast. And there will I nourish thee (for yet there are five years of famine), lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
Página 130 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Página 412 - And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness : for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Página 410 - And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.
Página 227 - Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you : and unto you that hear shall more be given. 25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.