The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate1806 |
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... never been surpassed , and which were evidently the re- sult of a lively faith in the divine promises , this holy man witnessed at the stake a good confession for his Lord , and to use his own em- phatic language , lighted " such a ...
... never been surpassed , and which were evidently the re- sult of a lively faith in the divine promises , this holy man witnessed at the stake a good confession for his Lord , and to use his own em- phatic language , lighted " such a ...
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... never knew him say an idle word , that had not a direct tendency to edification : and I never once saw him in any other temper , but that which I wished to be in , in the last minutes of my life . " When Mr. Fox pronounced a panegyric ...
... never knew him say an idle word , that had not a direct tendency to edification : and I never once saw him in any other temper , but that which I wished to be in , in the last minutes of my life . " When Mr. Fox pronounced a panegyric ...
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... never have spoken of it , as it is evident he in- tends to do in this passage , as re- presenting " divine grace so over- ruling human freedom , as to leave a man no power of choice between right and wrong . " In such a state of ...
... never have spoken of it , as it is evident he in- tends to do in this passage , as re- presenting " divine grace so over- ruling human freedom , as to leave a man no power of choice between right and wrong . " In such a state of ...
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... never sup- posed by any one to infringe upon the freedom of him for whose good it is employed . A father never ceases to admonish and persuade a profligate son from any apprehen- sion of prejudicing his freedom ; but if he desist from ...
... never sup- posed by any one to infringe upon the freedom of him for whose good it is employed . A father never ceases to admonish and persuade a profligate son from any apprehen- sion of prejudicing his freedom ; but if he desist from ...
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... never fixed its thought on the Supreme Reality ; never approached , like Moses , to see this great sight ? " ( p . 78-81 . ) By way of contrast to the pre- ceding character , we subjoin another of a more pleasing and animating nature ...
... never fixed its thought on the Supreme Reality ; never approached , like Moses , to see this great sight ? " ( p . 78-81 . ) By way of contrast to the pre- ceding character , we subjoin another of a more pleasing and animating nature ...
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Page 289 - Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect, yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought.
Page 390 - And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand ; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
Page 406 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Page 199 - IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth ; for ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Page 131 - Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin...
Page 88 - Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Page 4 - But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes ; and the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves ; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth...
Page 388 - Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
Page 346 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it ? No. Doth he hear it ? No. Is it insensible then ? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? No. Why? Detraction will not suffer it : — therefore I'll none of it : Honour is a mere scutcheon/ and so ends my catechism.
Page 199 - For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.