Profession is Not Principle; Or, The Name of Christian is Not ChristianityW. Oliphant, 1823 - 286 pages |
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... allow me to state the cause of this kind visit of yours . It is this . You have , during the last eighteen months , heard so many strange reports concerning me , that you have at last been unable to resist believing in the truth of some ...
... allow me to state the cause of this kind visit of yours . It is this . You have , during the last eighteen months , heard so many strange reports concerning me , that you have at last been unable to resist believing in the truth of some ...
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... allow , however , that my smile was affected , though my feel- ings might have a mixture of sadness at the moment I smiled . 1 ... How . Well , I am glad you consider my mind still the same . You would find it difficult , however , to ...
... allow , however , that my smile was affected , though my feel- ings might have a mixture of sadness at the moment I smiled . 1 ... How . Well , I am glad you consider my mind still the same . You would find it difficult , however , to ...
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... allowed that he was not personally acquainted with you , that you had changed your party in po- litics , and now constantly opposed mini- sters . I was soon after told , by our old acquaintance , Colonel Grey , that your new opinions ...
... allowed that he was not personally acquainted with you , that you had changed your party in po- litics , and now constantly opposed mini- sters . I was soon after told , by our old acquaintance , Colonel Grey , that your new opinions ...
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... and , Conway , to please you , I will allow that I did receive from nature a mind that loved to soar to the highest flight in honour and integrity , and scorn- $ ed all that was mean and base . Nature also NOT PRINCIPLE . 25.
... and , Conway , to please you , I will allow that I did receive from nature a mind that loved to soar to the highest flight in honour and integrity , and scorn- $ ed all that was mean and base . Nature also NOT PRINCIPLE . 25.
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... him , that glorious Being who is the source of all perfection , and of all loveliness . Con . Almost every term you use , Howard , would require explanation . That would be endless . I shall allow , therefore 28 PROFESSION IS.
... him , that glorious Being who is the source of all perfection , and of all loveliness . Con . Almost every term you use , Howard , would require explanation . That would be endless . I shall allow , therefore 28 PROFESSION IS.
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Page 169 - For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Page 56 - The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Page 248 - IN the year that king Uzziah died, I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims ; each one had six wings ; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Hosts ; the whole earth is full of his glory.
Page 84 - But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord : for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ...
Page 82 - Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight : for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Page 114 - In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house : when I begin, I will also make an end. For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth ; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
Page 250 - The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked : who can know it ? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Page 115 - He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me : and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Page 95 - God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests; Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting.
Page 102 - For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man...