The Works of George Bull, D.D. Lord Bishop of St. David's, Volume 1At the Clarendon Press, 1827 - Christian life |
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... wicked shall fall by his own wickedness . The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them ; but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness . Dan . xii . 3. They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament ...
... wicked shall fall by his own wickedness . The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them ; but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness . Dan . xii . 3. They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament ...
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... wicked- ness for fifty or sixty years , and being now upon his deathbed , to be attrite for his sins , that is , heartily to grieve for them only out of the fear of hell , ( and he is a bold man indeed that will not in earnest fear hell ...
... wicked- ness for fifty or sixty years , and being now upon his deathbed , to be attrite for his sins , that is , heartily to grieve for them only out of the fear of hell , ( and he is a bold man indeed that will not in earnest fear hell ...
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... wicked works , or barren of good ones ; pleasing themselves with I know not what faith , and esteeming themselves the truest protestants in so doing . But what an honour do they hereby do the papists ! What a slur do they cast on the ...
... wicked works , or barren of good ones ; pleasing themselves with I know not what faith , and esteeming themselves the truest protestants in so doing . But what an honour do they hereby do the papists ! What a slur do they cast on the ...
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... wicked , we hurt not God , but ourselves ; and if we are righteous , the benefit is to ourselves , and not to him . Whatsoever we crawl- ing worms do here on earth , God sits still upon the circle of the heavens , the same perfect ...
... wicked , we hurt not God , but ourselves ; and if we are righteous , the benefit is to ourselves , and not to him . Whatsoever we crawl- ing worms do here on earth , God sits still upon the circle of the heavens , the same perfect ...
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... wicked works , un- repented of , to account for ? We may say in this sense with St. Peter ; If the righteous scarcely be saved , where shall the ungodly and the sinner ap- pear ? 1 Pet . iv . 18. Certainly even the mercy of God cannot ...
... wicked works , un- repented of , to account for ? We may say in this sense with St. Peter ; If the righteous scarcely be saved , where shall the ungodly and the sinner ap- pear ? 1 Pet . iv . 18. Certainly even the mercy of God cannot ...
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Page 181 - But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Page 218 - Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
Page 56 - Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the LORD : (for we walk by faith, not by sight :) we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the LORD.
Page 110 - For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
Page 247 - Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace ; and labour, working with our own hands...
Page 196 - Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.