Endeavours After the Christian Life: Discourses, Volumen2J. Chapman, 1847 |
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... perfect religion , which is that of Christ , there is an ample range of error and imperfection , which may be designated by the general name of Idolatry . This offence against truth is far from being an obsolete historical affair , that ...
... perfect religion , which is that of Christ , there is an ample range of error and imperfection , which may be designated by the general name of Idolatry . This offence against truth is far from being an obsolete historical affair , that ...
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... perfect abhorrence of evil , with distinct and self - directing activity , to which the laws , the order , the beauty , the scale , the progression , the issues of all things , are de- voutly referred . And wherever such a faith exists ...
... perfect abhorrence of evil , with distinct and self - directing activity , to which the laws , the order , the beauty , the scale , the progression , the issues of all things , are de- voutly referred . And wherever such a faith exists ...
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... perfect , wanting of the reality , not in the quality of its spirit , but only in the scale of its dimensions . Our minds are so ill - proportioned , and through ig- norance and evil violate so much the proper sym- metry of a spiritual ...
... perfect , wanting of the reality , not in the quality of its spirit , but only in the scale of its dimensions . Our minds are so ill - proportioned , and through ig- norance and evil violate so much the proper sym- metry of a spiritual ...
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... perfect representative of a life at peace . To say nothing of the ruler's property , which was ample for exter- . nal comfort , he had fulfilled the one grand requi- site of moral contentment and repose ; he had established a harmony ...
... perfect representative of a life at peace . To say nothing of the ruler's property , which was ample for exter- . nal comfort , he had fulfilled the one grand requi- site of moral contentment and repose ; he had established a harmony ...
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... perfect God can be nothing less than a service constantly rendered by the will ; a voluntary effort , given largely and ungrudgingly in proportion to the gratefulness and magnanimity of the soul , and not therefore stinted in the angel ...
... perfect God can be nothing less than a service constantly rendered by the will ; a voluntary effort , given largely and ungrudgingly in proportion to the gratefulness and magnanimity of the soul , and not therefore stinted in the angel ...
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Página 297 - Remember the former things of old: For I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times the things that are not yet done, Saying, My counsel shall stand, And I will do all my pleasure...
Página 69 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Página 181 - Wherefore that here we may briefly end : of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both Angels and men and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.
Página 21 - Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come, take up the cross, and follow me. And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved : for he had great possessions.
Página 106 - I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
Página 98 - If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things that belong to thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Página 199 - So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants : we have done that which was our duty to do.
Página 1 - Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery ? for they say, The Lord seeth us not ; the Lord hath forsaken the earth.
Página 319 - For he justly thought that though a hypocrite may easily contrive to appear better than he really is to a stranger; and that no one should be too soon trusted, merely for having a few good words in his mouth ; yet as he knew that " out of the abundance of the heart " the mouth speaketh ;" he always accustomed himself to judge favourably of those who had a serious deportment and solid manner of speaking.
Página 1 - And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.