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Page 5
We are loth to believe that those things for which others esteem , and love , and
praise us , and even , perhaps , crown our brows with laurel , apart from Christ ,
have no merit ; but appear in the sight of the holy and heart - searching God as ,
to ...
We are loth to believe that those things for which others esteem , and love , and
praise us , and even , perhaps , crown our brows with laurel , apart from Christ ,
have no merit ; but appear in the sight of the holy and heart - searching God as ,
to ...
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... holy crown ; as one who , however humble thy present lot , is training for the
highest society . Cultivate the temper , and acquire the manners , and learn the
language of heaven ; nor let the wealth or poverty , the joys or sorrows , the
shame ...
... holy crown ; as one who , however humble thy present lot , is training for the
highest society . Cultivate the temper , and acquire the manners , and learn the
language of heaven ; nor let the wealth or poverty , the joys or sorrows , the
shame ...
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... and debased of our city outcasts , the most wretched and loathsome wanderer
of these streets , is not so unfit to be received into the holy bosom of a Christian
family , as you are , by nature , to be received into the kingdom of heaven .
... and debased of our city outcasts , the most wretched and loathsome wanderer
of these streets , is not so unfit to be received into the holy bosom of a Christian
family , as you are , by nature , to be received into the kingdom of heaven .
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Just what heaven would be to man with his ruined nature , his low passions , and
his dark guilty conscience . Incapable of appreciating its holy beauties , of
enjoying its holy happiness , he would find nothing there to delight his senses .
Just what heaven would be to man with his ruined nature , his low passions , and
his dark guilty conscience . Incapable of appreciating its holy beauties , of
enjoying its holy happiness , he would find nothing there to delight his senses .
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Neither angels nor saints would seek your company , nor would you seek theirs .
Unable to join in their hallowed employments , to sympathise with , or even to
understand their holy joys , you would feel more desolate in heaven than we
have ...
Neither angels nor saints would seek your company , nor would you seek theirs .
Unable to join in their hallowed employments , to sympathise with , or even to
understand their holy joys , you would feel more desolate in heaven than we
have ...
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| Title | Christ and the Inheritance of the Saints: Illustrated in a Series of Discourses from the Colossians |
| Author | Thomas Guthrie |
| Publisher | Adam and Charles Black, 1858 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 14 Jun 2016 |
| Length | 385 pages |
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