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... reason why people in general are so fond of listen- ing to preachers , is , because they apply nothing of what is said to themselves . I know at least , very certainly , that if I were to say the same things to individuals , which I ...
... reason why people in general are so fond of listen- ing to preachers , is , because they apply nothing of what is said to themselves . I know at least , very certainly , that if I were to say the same things to individuals , which I ...
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... I suppose that your case is worse than that of the generality of mankind , —I do not say it from having the slightest reason to be- lieve that you are more visited by the afflictions . and miseries of human life than the rest of your.
... I suppose that your case is worse than that of the generality of mankind , —I do not say it from having the slightest reason to be- lieve that you are more visited by the afflictions . and miseries of human life than the rest of your.
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... reasons which different people would give for being dissatisfied with their condition , should you go about the world making the en- quiry which I have supposed . I will only say in general , that I am confident you would find every ...
... reasons which different people would give for being dissatisfied with their condition , should you go about the world making the en- quiry which I have supposed . I will only say in general , that I am confident you would find every ...
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... reason about the nature of God ; but , with however humble a sense of our ignorance we approach the subject , I think we cannot be wrong in believing , that justice is as inseparable from the Deity , as power and wis- dom ; and that he ...
... reason about the nature of God ; but , with however humble a sense of our ignorance we approach the subject , I think we cannot be wrong in believing , that justice is as inseparable from the Deity , as power and wis- dom ; and that he ...
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... reason of their own sinfulness , they can only be saved through the merits of another , and that it is by faith those merits are to be applied to their own benefit . And therefore this doctrine stands forward as the most conspicuous and ...
... reason of their own sinfulness , they can only be saved through the merits of another , and that it is by faith those merits are to be applied to their own benefit . And therefore this doctrine stands forward as the most conspicuous and ...
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Page 247 - Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Page 90 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy, hath begotten us again unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of 'God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time...
Page 189 - Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 142 - And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Page 244 - And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the LORD hath made known unto us.
Page vii - And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
Page 208 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Page vii - And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up : and as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
Page 27 - Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Page 25 - In this was manifested the love of GOD towards us, because that GOD sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved GOD, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.