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... true , ought to have come from other lips , that every one must perceive that his temper was equally abhorrent of vain boasting and of affected humi- lity . " I am become a fool in glorying ; ye have compelled me : for I ought to have ...
... true , ought to have come from other lips , that every one must perceive that his temper was equally abhorrent of vain boasting and of affected humi- lity . " I am become a fool in glorying ; ye have compelled me : for I ought to have ...
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... true knowledge and virtue , perceive most clearly the vast disproportion between that which they aim at , and that which they have reached ; they , accordingly , feel disposed to undervalue , rather than overvalue their attainments ...
... true knowledge and virtue , perceive most clearly the vast disproportion between that which they aim at , and that which they have reached ; they , accordingly , feel disposed to undervalue , rather than overvalue their attainments ...
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... true magnanimity . We are 5. His heart was tender , and his affections warm . apt to regard a person of great talents with that species of cold thrilling admiration with which we look up to a mountain whose lofty summit is perpetually ...
... true magnanimity . We are 5. His heart was tender , and his affections warm . apt to regard a person of great talents with that species of cold thrilling admiration with which we look up to a mountain whose lofty summit is perpetually ...
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... been so often counterfeited and caricatured ; for what is true liberality of mind but a good heart shining through a clear and enlarged understanding ? SERMON III . THE ADVANTAGES OF ADVERSITY , ILLUSTRATED IN THE CHARACTER OF PAUL . 43.
... been so often counterfeited and caricatured ; for what is true liberality of mind but a good heart shining through a clear and enlarged understanding ? SERMON III . THE ADVANTAGES OF ADVERSITY , ILLUSTRATED IN THE CHARACTER OF PAUL . 43.
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... true we would not be such strangers to ourselves if we listened to faithful counsel , and subjected our hearts to the test of an impartial and rigid self - examination . But still there is no knowledge like to that which is gained by ...
... true we would not be such strangers to ourselves if we listened to faithful counsel , and subjected our hearts to the test of an impartial and rigid self - examination . But still there is no knowledge like to that which is gained by ...
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Page 207 - Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others ; but let us watch and be sober.
Page 200 - He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses : of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the Blood of the Covenant, wherewith He was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace ? For we know Him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto Me, I will recompense, saith the Lord.
Page 150 - The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth ; When there were no fountains abounding with water.
Page 17 - And Paul said; I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
Page 284 - Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works ; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Page 288 - The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan ; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee : is not this a brand plucked out of the fire 1 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
Page 199 - Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Page 333 - I am God, and there is none else ; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, " My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure...
Page 8 - Are they Hebrews ? so am I. Are they Israelites ? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham ? so am I. Are they ministers of Christ ? (I speak as a fool) I am more ; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
Page 304 - He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.