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... labour , and to lighten that curse which has been brought upon us all . This purely human , and not national or Jewish , character of the Sabbath I think our Lord has unanswerably recognised in the often - quoted words , " The Sabbath ...
... labour , and to lighten that curse which has been brought upon us all . This purely human , and not national or Jewish , character of the Sabbath I think our Lord has unanswerably recognised in the often - quoted words , " The Sabbath ...
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... labour . But I use this illustration only for the sake of argument . Much that has been said about the rigour of the Jewish Sabbath is wholly unfounded , at least as the lawgiver meant it , and as our Lord interpreted it . It was to the ...
... labour . But I use this illustration only for the sake of argument . Much that has been said about the rigour of the Jewish Sabbath is wholly unfounded , at least as the lawgiver meant it , and as our Lord interpreted it . It was to the ...
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... labour is so vital , more especially as the human race cannot at any time observe all the same day . The vital thing is the giving up of the seventh part of time as that which , to use the words of Hooker on this subject , " God's ...
... labour is so vital , more especially as the human race cannot at any time observe all the same day . The vital thing is the giving up of the seventh part of time as that which , to use the words of Hooker on this subject , " God's ...
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... labour in clearing up a mere national and ceremonial ordinance that was almost instantly to pass away . I may quote , in support of the continued obligation of the Fourth Command- ment , which I have thus endeavoured to vindicate ...
... labour in clearing up a mere national and ceremonial ordinance that was almost instantly to pass away . I may quote , in support of the continued obligation of the Fourth Command- ment , which I have thus endeavoured to vindicate ...
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... labours of these devoted brethren in China , that we may find men filled with the same zeal , and as thoroughly furnished for this great work as those who have preceded them . May we suggest , as a subject for special supplication by ...
... labours of these devoted brethren in China , that we may find men filled with the same zeal , and as thoroughly furnished for this great work as those who have preceded them . May we suggest , as a subject for special supplication by ...
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Page 13 - And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Page 4 - Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, if we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole, be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
Page 256 - Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates...
Page 17 - One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord ; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it.
Page 362 - By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off...
Page 14 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord...
Page 125 - Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel : therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die ; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life ; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity ; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Page 331 - Amazing grace! (How sweet the sound!) That saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now am found, Was blind but now I see.
Page 34 - WESLEY'S COL. For Christian Principles. 1 MY God, my strength, my hope, On thee I cast my care, With humble confidence look up, And know thou hear'st my prayer.
Page 198 - Know, therefore, and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince, shall be seven weeks and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.