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It is sufficient for our purpose to remark , that in the presence of a danger really felt to be appalling , there is no great difference of opinion as to what constitutes an efficient and faithful ministration of divine truth , and that ...
It is sufficient for our purpose to remark , that in the presence of a danger really felt to be appalling , there is no great difference of opinion as to what constitutes an efficient and faithful ministration of divine truth , and that ...
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Whose good opinion would he forfeit ? What friendship must he give up ? Wherein would his reputation suffer ; his worldly prospects , his social enjoyments , or his domestic peace ? As with the wand of a magician , the question -'Shall ...
Whose good opinion would he forfeit ? What friendship must he give up ? Wherein would his reputation suffer ; his worldly prospects , his social enjoyments , or his domestic peace ? As with the wand of a magician , the question -'Shall ...
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Some such idea of poetry we feel our- selves justified in ascribing to our author , and our readers , we think , will be of opinion , that the lengthened analysis above given warrants our ...
Some such idea of poetry we feel our- selves justified in ascribing to our author , and our readers , we think , will be of opinion , that the lengthened analysis above given warrants our ...
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As to hurting anybody , Toby was not such an absolute Samson , but that he was much more likely to be hurt himself : and indeed , he had flown out into the road like a shuttlecock . He had such an opinion of his own strength ...
As to hurting anybody , Toby was not such an absolute Samson , but that he was much more likely to be hurt himself : and indeed , he had flown out into the road like a shuttlecock . He had such an opinion of his own strength ...
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I hope they don't lose good opinion as easy as we do , or their lives is strict indeed , and hardly worth the keeping . For myself , master , I never took with that hand'- holding it before him- ...
I hope they don't lose good opinion as easy as we do , or their lives is strict indeed , and hardly worth the keeping . For myself , master , I never took with that hand'- holding it before him- ...
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Page 10 - And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? 8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
Page 315 - Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
Page 525 - Transubstantiation (or the change of the substance of Bread and Wine) in the Supper of the Lord cannot be proved by Holy Writ ; but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions.
Page 291 - Scriptures contain all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 681 - Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
Page 639 - Macedonia ; how that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
Page 22 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.
Page 278 - The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors Unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills : They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
Page 297 - Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind...
Page 34 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field: upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.