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Page vii
... object being not to discuss , in a gene- ral and abstract manner , the subjects which the text may suggest , but to bring clearly out the Apostle's statements , and their design ; and to show how the statements are fitted to gain the ...
... object being not to discuss , in a gene- ral and abstract manner , the subjects which the text may suggest , but to bring clearly out the Apostle's statements , and their design ; and to show how the statements are fitted to gain the ...
Page viii
... object of the Author has been to produce not so much an original work , as a satisfactory expo- sition . In his ... objects of the inspired writer . Of the helps of which he has availed himself , a list is furnished at the close of these ...
... object of the Author has been to produce not so much an original work , as a satisfactory expo- sition . In his ... objects of the inspired writer . Of the helps of which he has availed himself , a list is furnished at the close of these ...
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... object in view could be better gained , than by presenting them with the substance of those illustrations of a very ... objects , he will have an abundant reward . If beyond these limits it should find a favourable reception , and ...
... object in view could be better gained , than by presenting them with the substance of those illustrations of a very ... objects , he will have an abundant reward . If beyond these limits it should find a favourable reception , and ...
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... objects and elements of this love , 150. § 2. The distinctive characters of this love , 153. PART II . Brotherly love recommended , 159. § 1. The mutual relation of Christians a motive to brotherly love , 159. § 2. The common character ...
... objects and elements of this love , 150. § 2. The distinctive characters of this love , 153. PART II . Brotherly love recommended , 159. § 1. The mutual relation of Christians a motive to brotherly love , 159. § 2. The common character ...
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... objects of his mercy . 11. Beloved , I exhort you , as foreigners and so- journers , to keep yourselves from fleshly lusts , which 12. war against the soul , conducting yourselves honour- ably among the heathen , that with regard to ...
... objects of his mercy . 11. Beloved , I exhort you , as foreigners and so- journers , to keep yourselves from fleshly lusts , which 12. war against the soul , conducting yourselves honour- ably among the heathen , that with regard to ...
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Page 44 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Page 54 - Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ...
Page 149 - Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently...
Page 165 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Page 296 - And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians ; and there was a great cry in Egypt ; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
Page 315 - Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
Page 336 - Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Page 79 - Thou madest him a little lower than the angels ; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands ; thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet.
Page 131 - Christ ; as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance : but as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation ; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Page 233 - And he shall be for a sanctuary : but for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offence, to both the houses of Israel ; for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.