The Gospel Advocate, Volume 2J. W. Ingraham, 1822 |
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... desire after truth ; happy shall I be , if I can give you the information you so much wish for . The task which you impose upon me is a very delicate one ; but , relying on " the Spirit of truth , " to " guide me into all truth , " I ...
... desire after truth ; happy shall I be , if I can give you the information you so much wish for . The task which you impose upon me is a very delicate one ; but , relying on " the Spirit of truth , " to " guide me into all truth , " I ...
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... desire , to answer the call , and be self - devoted to the duty , bow arduous soever . " To save souls " —is not that a work earnestly and ardently to be sought for and discharged ? To feed the hungry with the bread of life - to in ...
... desire , to answer the call , and be self - devoted to the duty , bow arduous soever . " To save souls " —is not that a work earnestly and ardently to be sought for and discharged ? To feed the hungry with the bread of life - to in ...
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... desire of your salvation constrains me , my dear bre- thren , to try something out of the com- mon way of my pastoral care , in writing . ing this letter to you , to endeavour to reclaim you from it : For to live with- out prayer , is ...
... desire of your salvation constrains me , my dear bre- thren , to try something out of the com- mon way of my pastoral care , in writing . ing this letter to you , to endeavour to reclaim you from it : For to live with- out prayer , is ...
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... desire for tolera- tion among the puritans , they accused the church of a desire to tolerate as one of the marks of her corruption ; that so far from having any idea of religious liberty in the proper sense of the term , they were ...
... desire for tolera- tion among the puritans , they accused the church of a desire to tolerate as one of the marks of her corruption ; that so far from having any idea of religious liberty in the proper sense of the term , they were ...
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... desire is , to have the matter tryed , whether your places ought to be tolerated in any Christian commonwealth ? I say they ought not . ” Thus again : " This 66 learned discourse is a book * allowed by ALL the puritan preachers in the ...
... desire is , to have the matter tryed , whether your places ought to be tolerated in any Christian commonwealth ? I say they ought not . ” Thus again : " This 66 learned discourse is a book * allowed by ALL the puritan preachers in the ...
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Page 376 - WE do not presume to come to this thy table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table.
Page 268 - So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
Page 225 - that his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts...
Page 288 - Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers, as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Ghost said ; Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
Page 313 - Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith: and yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another. Wherefore, although the Church be a witness and a keeper of Holy Writ, yet, as it ought not to decree any thing against the same, so besides the same ought it not to enforce any thing to be believed for necessity of Salvation.
Page 283 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh : and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams...
Page 310 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 225 - Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, And it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Page 144 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 211 - And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. "And he asked his father, 'How long is it ago since this came unto him?' And he said, 'Of a child. "And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him; but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.