Outlines of truth, by a lady1825 - 80 pages |
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... understandings with sadder , and better thoughts , than we could de- rive from any formulary of instruction ; and at others , a conversation apparently accidental , an acquaintance on our part unsought , or an incident as much ...
... understandings with sadder , and better thoughts , than we could de- rive from any formulary of instruction ; and at others , a conversation apparently accidental , an acquaintance on our part unsought , or an incident as much ...
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Outlines. security of such favour by the choicest fruits of the heart and the understanding . I had adequate though limited independence of fortune , yet I often bartered its respectability in exchange for gaudy acquaintance and tinsel ...
Outlines. security of such favour by the choicest fruits of the heart and the understanding . I had adequate though limited independence of fortune , yet I often bartered its respectability in exchange for gaudy acquaintance and tinsel ...
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... understanding secures no imperishable treasure , we need not descend from this eleva- tion of research , to seek for lasting enjoy- ment in the spangled frivolities of society ; the most youthful votary of pleasure will acknow- ledge ...
... understanding secures no imperishable treasure , we need not descend from this eleva- tion of research , to seek for lasting enjoy- ment in the spangled frivolities of society ; the most youthful votary of pleasure will acknow- ledge ...
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... understanding in priority to the imagination . The whole wore an air of plain economy , which bespoke utility and content . A confined staircase introduced me to four small bed rooms , which in spite of white - washed walls and mouse ...
... understanding in priority to the imagination . The whole wore an air of plain economy , which bespoke utility and content . A confined staircase introduced me to four small bed rooms , which in spite of white - washed walls and mouse ...
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... understanding needs sus- tenance , independent of the affections . Leisure , uncontrolled by exertion , will produce ennui as surely as the most useless profusion of moments . Our nature is such a subtle com- pound of requirements ...
... understanding needs sus- tenance , independent of the affections . Leisure , uncontrolled by exertion , will produce ennui as surely as the most useless profusion of moments . Our nature is such a subtle com- pound of requirements ...
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Page 107 - And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Page 69 - And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said ; Verily I say unto you, except ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Page 105 - Now I say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all ; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
Page 93 - Works done before the grace of Christ, and the Inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ, neither do they make men meet to receive grace, or (as the...
Page 116 - If his children forsake My law, and walk not in My judgments, if they break My statutes, and keep not My commandments; then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless My lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer My faithfulness to fail.
Page 62 - Therefore let no man glory in men ; for all things are yours, whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come ; all are yours, and ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
Page 132 - when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, to reveal his son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood...
Page 220 - for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Page 72 - And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. 7 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.
Page 98 - For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance ; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.