Endeavors After the Christian Life: A Volume of Discourses, Volumen2J. Munroe, 1848 |
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... perfect religion , which is that of Christ , there is an ample range of er- ror and imperfection , which may be designated by the general name of Idolatry . This offence against truth is far from being an obsolete historical affair ...
... perfect religion , which is that of Christ , there is an ample range of er- ror and imperfection , which may be designated by the general name of Idolatry . This offence against truth is far from being an obsolete historical affair ...
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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 devoutly 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 devoutly 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 di- mensions . Our minds are so ill - proportioned , and through ignorance and evil violate so much the proper symmetry of a spiritual ...
... perfect , wanting of the reality , not in the quality of its spirit , but only in the scale of its di- mensions . Our minds are so ill - proportioned , and through ignorance and evil violate so much the proper symmetry 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 external comfort , he had fulfilled the one grand requisite of moral contentment and re- pose ; he had established a harmony ...
... perfect representative of a life at peace . To say nothing of the ruler's property , which was ample for external comfort , he had fulfilled the one grand requisite of moral contentment and re- pose ; he had established a harmony ...
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... perfect God can be no- thing 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 ...
... perfect God can be no- thing 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 ...
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Endeavors After the Christian Life: A Volume of Discourses, Volumen2 James Martineau Vista completa - 1848 |
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affections amid aspiration awful beauty become beneath blessed breath cabinet of curiosities cease cerned child Christ Christendom Christian Cloth conflict conscience darkness death Decius deep devout discern disciples divine doubt duty earnest earth elements ends of faith Epicurean eternal evanescent evil existence faith fancy feel give glory God's guardian of order habit hand heart heaven higher holy hope human idea immortal infinite inspiration irreligion less light ligion living look mind moral nature ness never noble ourselves outward pass passions peace Pharisees pietism prayer present proportion pure reality religion reverence rience rule sacred scene secret sense selfish sense SEVEN SLEEPERS sigh silence slavery sleep soldier of Jesus sorrow soul sphere spirit stand stars forever sympathy things thought tion toil treach true trust truth ture uncon ural language voice words worship
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Página 223 - 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 156 - 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 94 - 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 88 - 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 160 - Most precious the opportunity of becoming wise, in turning many to righteousness, and of shining, at last, as the brightness of the firmament, and as the stars, forever and ever.
Página 159 - For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as. in all churches of the saints.
Página xi - 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 211 - The light of the body is the eye : if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness.
Página 249 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh. and dwelt among us.
Página 119 - Depend upon it, it is not the want of greater miracles, but of the soul to perceive such as are allowed us still, that makes us push all the sanctities into the far spaces we cannot reach.