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... affection to his earliest and best benefactor , they view him as inherently un- amiable , —and , whilst by others he is admired , by them no real excellence is seen in his character , which they estimate aright , as an exhibition of ...
... affection to his earliest and best benefactor , they view him as inherently un- amiable , —and , whilst by others he is admired , by them no real excellence is seen in his character , which they estimate aright , as an exhibition of ...
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... affection to- wards an earthly parent may be so great as to lead to habitual forgetfulness of him on the part of his child ; and if his son is rightly estimated , on this account , as one radically deficient in moral excellence , —it is ...
... affection to- wards an earthly parent may be so great as to lead to habitual forgetfulness of him on the part of his child ; and if his son is rightly estimated , on this account , as one radically deficient in moral excellence , —it is ...
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... it might originate , he begins to appreciate the value of parental ten- derness , and to remember with affection the guide of his youth . Here is the turning point in his life as a moral being . He is 22 THE MORAL STATE OF THE WORLD .
... it might originate , he begins to appreciate the value of parental ten- derness , and to remember with affection the guide of his youth . Here is the turning point in his life as a moral being . He is 22 THE MORAL STATE OF THE WORLD .
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... affection towards the undeserving , for the sake of another , who is " the chief among ten thousand , and altogether lovely . " This idea of substitution is completed in the history of our Saviour's sufferings . Whilst ac- complishing ...
... affection towards the undeserving , for the sake of another , who is " the chief among ten thousand , and altogether lovely . " This idea of substitution is completed in the history of our Saviour's sufferings . Whilst ac- complishing ...
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... affection and pre- ference . It may be found necessary , under these circumstances , to obviate their perverseness by remonstrance ; or even to deprive them for a sea- 1 son of their advantages , in order to bring 5 50 PARDON AND ...
... affection and pre- ference . It may be found necessary , under these circumstances , to obviate their perverseness by remonstrance ; or even to deprive them for a sea- 1 son of their advantages , in order to bring 5 50 PARDON AND ...
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Page 178 - all your idols will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put
Page 91 - sowest is not quickened except it die. And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain; but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
Page 147 - And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead, and he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not, I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Page 83 - For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth ; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. He shall redeem their souls from deceit and violence : and precious shall their blood be in his sight. And men shall be blessed in him.
Page 95 - written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death! where is thy sting ? O grave ! where is thy victory ? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 171 - Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass when the Lord commandeth it not."—" A man's heart deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth his steps."—'" The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord as the rivers of water; he turneth it whithersoever he will.'
Page 7 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are altogether become filthy, there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 194 - the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin; and yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass
Page 89 - be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life, because of righteousness. But if the spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies, by his spirit that dwelleth in you.
Page 125 - servant who knew his Lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten