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... mind has been peculiarly intent , ever since I first entered on the study of divinity . But as to the success of my inquiries , it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise . I am sensible it is much more ...
... mind has been peculiarly intent , ever since I first entered on the study of divinity . But as to the success of my inquiries , it must be left to the judgment of the reader of the following treatise . I am sensible it is much more ...
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... mind , as marry carnal joys do ; but did greatly beautify and dignify it ; it was a prelibation of the joy of heaven , that raised their minds to a degree of heavenly blessedness ; it filled their minds with the light of God's glory ...
... mind , as marry carnal joys do ; but did greatly beautify and dignify it ; it was a prelibation of the joy of heaven , that raised their minds to a degree of heavenly blessedness ; it filled their minds with the light of God's glory ...
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... mind , with regard to the exercises of this faculty , is often called the heart . The exercise of this faculty are of two sorts ; either those by which the soul is carried out towards the things that are in view , in approving of them ...
... mind , with regard to the exercises of this faculty , is often called the heart . The exercise of this faculty are of two sorts ; either those by which the soul is carried out towards the things that are in view , in approving of them ...
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... mind only , that is the prop- er seat of the affections . The body of man is no more ca- pable of being really the subject of love or hatred , joy or sor- row , fear or hope , than the body of a tree , or than the same body of man is ...
... mind only , that is the prop- er seat of the affections . The body of man is no more ca- pable of being really the subject of love or hatred , joy or sor- row , fear or hope , than the body of a tree , or than the same body of man is ...
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... mind or conversation of any person , by any thing of a religious nature , that ever he read , heard or that had not his affections moved . Never was a natural man engaged earnestly to seek his salvation ; never were any such brought to ...
... mind or conversation of any person , by any thing of a religious nature , that ever he read , heard or that had not his affections moved . Never was a natural man engaged earnestly to seek his salvation ; never were any such brought to ...
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Page 171 - For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things- Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
Page 426 - Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Page 304 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Page 306 - But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost...
Page 303 - No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Page 476 - Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God,, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
Page 31 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not...
Page 390 - In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil. Whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
Page 425 - And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight.
Page 236 - I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.