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... heart and rectitude of con- duct , of which the world had loft even the conception , and neither pagan philofo- phers , nor Jewish prophets , had ever been able to produce the refemblance among their disciples . This very confideration ...
... heart and rectitude of con- duct , of which the world had loft even the conception , and neither pagan philofo- phers , nor Jewish prophets , had ever been able to produce the refemblance among their disciples . This very confideration ...
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... heart ; in a word , by illuftrating , establish- ing , recommending , enforcing the princi- ples and precepts of pure and undefiled reli- gion * , - that certain refuge from the evils of life , ―that principal sweetener of all its ...
... heart ; in a word , by illuftrating , establish- ing , recommending , enforcing the princi- ples and precepts of pure and undefiled reli- gion * , - that certain refuge from the evils of life , ―that principal sweetener of all its ...
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... heart ftrongly impreffed with gratitude , love , and reverence to the Saviour , rejoicing in his gracious scheme of redemp- tion , ardently defirous of promoting it , and actuated by the most comprehensive and en- lightened benevolence ...
... heart ftrongly impreffed with gratitude , love , and reverence to the Saviour , rejoicing in his gracious scheme of redemp- tion , ardently defirous of promoting it , and actuated by the most comprehensive and en- lightened benevolence ...
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... heart - felt acknowledgments to thofe perfons , in whofe favourable difpofitions towards me they have originated , they impofe on me an additional obligation to the conscientious and diligent fulfilment of my peculiar du- ties towards ...
... heart - felt acknowledgments to thofe perfons , in whofe favourable difpofitions towards me they have originated , they impofe on me an additional obligation to the conscientious and diligent fulfilment of my peculiar du- ties towards ...
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... heart , and calcu- lated only for enthufiafts , whofe judgments are as weak as their paffions are violent . In former times , to promote the glory of God , far from being claffed , by those who bore the name of Chrift , among the reve ...
... heart , and calcu- lated only for enthufiafts , whofe judgments are as weak as their paffions are violent . In former times , to promote the glory of God , far from being claffed , by those who bore the name of Chrift , among the reve ...
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Page 46 - Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
Page 46 - Wash ye, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; "Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Page 46 - And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 325 - Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 146 - REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...
Page 423 - Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
Page 222 - According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue : Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Page 373 - For the love of money is the root of all evil : which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Page 228 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: which indeed is the least of all seeds : but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.