The Lady of the Manor: Being a Series of Conversations on the Subject of Confirmation. Intended for the Use of the Middle and Higher Ranks of Young Females, Volume 3Harper & Bros., 1836 - Confirmation |
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Page 250 - To keep my Body in Temperance, Soberness, and Chastity. Not to covet nor desire other Men's Goods ; but to learn and labour truly to get mine own Living, and to do my Duty in that State of Life , unto which it shall please God to call me. Q. What is thy Duty towards thy Neighbour
Page 186 - not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in nowise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled, (Matt. v. 17, 18.) And again: He that hath my commandments and keepeth
Page 418 - brother-?- Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times; but, Until seventy times seven. (Matt, xviii. 21, 22.)
Page 52 - which is from above; and which is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
Page 192 - all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness ; because that which may be known of God is manifest in them ; for God hath showed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from
Page 469 - Catechist. My good child, know this, that thou art not able to do these things of thyself, nor to walk in the commandments of God, and to serve him, without his special grace, which thou must learn at all times to call for by diligent prayer. Let me hear, therefore, if thou canst say the Lord's Prayer.
Page 107 - state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where, and in all thing's, I am instructed, both to be full and to be
Page 119 - shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his.' By this command, I understand that we are forbidden, to allow our thoughts to wander in
Page 475 - ever: but though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. For he doth not afflict wittingly nor grieve the children of men. (Lam.
Page 468 - us our Sins ; and that it will please him to save and defend us in all Dangers, ghostly and bodily ; and that he will keep us from all Sin and Wickedness, and from our ghostly Enemy, and from everlasting Death. And this I trust