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... blessing of Him who alone can govern the unruly wills of men ; and that my christian friends may have an additional stimulus to aid in the circulation of it , I have to apprise them , that the profits of this and subsequent editions are ...
... blessing of Him who alone can govern the unruly wills of men ; and that my christian friends may have an additional stimulus to aid in the circulation of it , I have to apprise them , that the profits of this and subsequent editions are ...
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... Duelling a national crime - might draw down a national judgment.— All classes interested ; all should assist ; and , under the blessing of God , the crime may be abolished , pp . 135-159 ON DUELLING , & c . & c . CHAPTER CONTENTS . XV.
... Duelling a national crime - might draw down a national judgment.— All classes interested ; all should assist ; and , under the blessing of God , the crime may be abolished , pp . 135-159 ON DUELLING , & c . & c . CHAPTER CONTENTS . XV.
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... blessing , it may be in- strumental in removing , or lessening , the evil . With this view , I have divided my little trea- tise ( if such a composition may be so called , ) into two parts . The first contains a few brief but pointed ...
... blessing , it may be in- strumental in removing , or lessening , the evil . With this view , I have divided my little trea- tise ( if such a composition may be so called , ) into two parts . The first contains a few brief but pointed ...
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... bless- ing the happiness of mankind ; -can such a law be said " to enforce , and secure , the most honour- able conduct , and to ensure the due obedience of the courtesies of life , " or does it arbitrarily enforce the total disregard ...
... bless- ing the happiness of mankind ; -can such a law be said " to enforce , and secure , the most honour- able conduct , and to ensure the due obedience of the courtesies of life , " or does it arbitrarily enforce the total disregard ...
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... blessing of God , to show as briefly as pos- sible , that the law of honour , and the practice of duelling , are directly opposed to the revealed law of God , and the precepts and doctrines of the christian religion . If , however ...
... blessing of God , to show as briefly as pos- sible , that the law of honour , and the practice of duelling , are directly opposed to the revealed law of God , and the precepts and doctrines of the christian religion . If , however ...
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Página 86 - Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air, for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Página 86 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow ; they toil not, neither do they spin ; and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Página 110 - Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Página 55 - ... drunkenness, revellings, and such like : of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance : against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts.
Página 60 - And surely your blood of your lives will I require: at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. 6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Página 84 - But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye : and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled...
Página 118 - And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Página 64 - Then came Peter to him, and said ; Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him ? till seven times ? Jesus saith unto him ; I say not unto thee, until seven times, but until seventy times seven.
Página 116 - He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Página 117 - The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.