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... these characters . But from a fenfe of duty , as well as from a love to the employment , he devoted himself princi pally to the difcuffion of religious truth ; and always with a view to its practical application . His Sermons and Effays ...
... these characters . But from a fenfe of duty , as well as from a love to the employment , he devoted himself princi pally to the difcuffion of religious truth ; and always with a view to its practical application . His Sermons and Effays ...
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... these fhould be popular , cannot but be con- fidered as the beft caufe of felicitation to the country in which the fact is realized . Animated by the countenance which he has received , the editor has used his best endeavors to free the ...
... these fhould be popular , cannot but be con- fidered as the beft caufe of felicitation to the country in which the fact is realized . Animated by the countenance which he has received , the editor has used his best endeavors to free the ...
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... he took freely and without acknowledgment from writers " of character , fuch ideas , and perhaps expreffions , as he " found fuited to his purpofe . But though these causes would not permit the DR . himself to give to ADVERTISEMENT .
... he took freely and without acknowledgment from writers " of character , fuch ideas , and perhaps expreffions , as he " found fuited to his purpofe . But though these causes would not permit the DR . himself to give to ADVERTISEMENT .
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... These reflections are only designed to procure a candid unpre- judiced hearing to what is offered in the following pages , in de- fence of what appears to me the fundamental doctrines of the gos- pel , which are now so greatly neglected ...
... These reflections are only designed to procure a candid unpre- judiced hearing to what is offered in the following pages , in de- fence of what appears to me the fundamental doctrines of the gos- pel , which are now so greatly neglected ...
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... these , those graces of the fpirit that conftitute the Chriftian temper . These are all fo many talents put into our hands , to be improved for God , and the best interefts of our fellow - creatures ; and they are different to different ...
... these , those graces of the fpirit that conftitute the Chriftian temper . These are all fo many talents put into our hands , to be improved for God , and the best interefts of our fellow - creatures ; and they are different to different ...
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Page 479 - But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and He that formed thee, O Israel : — " Fear not : for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art Mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee : when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned ; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour...
Page 355 - But by the grace of God I am what I am; and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Page 92 - Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old ? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born ? Jesus answered, Verily, verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Page 184 - For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God ; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Page 267 - And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Page 251 - I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Page 276 - For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things- Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
Page 451 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me ? saith the LORD : I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
Page 281 - Abide in Me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine, no more can ye except ye abide in Me. I am the Vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in Me and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit. For without Me ye can do nothing.
Page 252 - But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.