A Christian Directory, Or, A Body of Practical Divinity and Cases of Conscience: Christian economics, (or family duties)Richard Edwards, 1825 - Christian life |
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... sinful Desires and Discontents .... Tit . 4. Directions against sinful Mirth and Pleasure .... Tit . 5. Directions against sinful Hopes ... 264 268 277 283 Tit . 6. Directions against sinful Hatred , Aversion , CONTENTS . vii.
... sinful Desires and Discontents .... Tit . 4. Directions against sinful Mirth and Pleasure .... Tit . 5. Directions against sinful Hopes ... 264 268 277 283 Tit . 6. Directions against sinful Hatred , Aversion , CONTENTS . vii.
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... pleasure , even as a means to their own felicity ; not as pre- ferring him before themselves , nor making him the chiefest in their end . They love themselves much better than God : and so far is man fallen from God to himself , that he ...
... pleasure , even as a means to their own felicity ; not as pre- ferring him before themselves , nor making him the chiefest in their end . They love themselves much better than God : and so far is man fallen from God to himself , that he ...
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... pleasure , faring deliciously every day ; among plays , and gaming , and lasci- vious company and discourse , and fear no hurt ; their pride making them insensible of their danger , and what tinder and gunpowder is in their natures ...
... pleasure , faring deliciously every day ; among plays , and gaming , and lasci- vious company and discourse , and fear no hurt ; their pride making them insensible of their danger , and what tinder and gunpowder is in their natures ...
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... pleasure to hear themselves applauded , or see themselves admired by the people , or to hear that they have got a great reputation in the world , or to be flocked after , and cried up , and have many followers . Herod loveth to hear in ...
... pleasure to hear themselves applauded , or see themselves admired by the people , or to hear that they have got a great reputation in the world , or to be flocked after , and cried up , and have many followers . Herod loveth to hear in ...
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... pleasure in him , or it is not upright in him . " I had rather have my soul in the case of an obscure humble Christian , that is taken notice of by few , or none but God , and is content to approve himself to him , than in the case of ...
... pleasure in him , or it is not upright in him . " I had rather have my soul in the case of an obscure humble Christian , that is taken notice of by few , or none but God , and is content to approve himself to him , than in the case of ...
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Page 307 - Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
Page 296 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
Page 569 - And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God ; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them ; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Page 289 - For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Page 137 - WATCH, THEREFORE, FOR YE KNOW NOT WHAT HOUR YOUR LORD DOTH COME. But know this, that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore, BE YE ALSO READY : FOR IN SUCH AN HOUR AS YE THINK NOT, THE SON OF MAN COMETH.
Page 157 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 317 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 187 - SPIRIT in the inner man ; that CHRIST may dwell in your hearts by faith ; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend, with all saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height ; and to know the love of CHRIST, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of GOD.
Page 478 - Jews ; who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us. and they please not God, and are contrary to all men : forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles, that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway; for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.