First Ripe Fruits: being a collection of tracts; to which are added two sermons [on Isai. xxv. 7, and Acts xv. 9, compared with Gal. v. 6] ... With a short memoir of the author |
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We profess to be JEHOVAH ' s witnesses ; to maintain his truths against
corruption ; and for this end to keep up a distinct communion . If we expect our
testimony to make a desirable impression ' upon others , we should ascertain
whether we ...
We profess to be JEHOVAH ' s witnesses ; to maintain his truths against
corruption ; and for this end to keep up a distinct communion . If we expect our
testimony to make a desirable impression ' upon others , we should ascertain
whether we ...
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LETTER II . Frequent Communion an indispensille Duty . CHRISTIAN
BRETHREX , . Our obligation to keep the sacramental feast , is the dying
command of our Lord JESUS Christ . I have received of the Lord , saith ihe
Apostle Paul , that which ...
LETTER II . Frequent Communion an indispensille Duty . CHRISTIAN
BRETHREX , . Our obligation to keep the sacramental feast , is the dying
command of our Lord JESUS Christ . I have received of the Lord , saith ihe
Apostle Paul , that which ...
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... and I require you to keep this feast as a proof that I am not forgotten by you .
Realize , O my people , that it is YOUR LORD ' S DEATH which ye shew forth
every time you eat this bread and drink this wine . As ye love me , I charge you ;
as I ...
... and I require you to keep this feast as a proof that I am not forgotten by you .
Realize , O my people , that it is YOUR LORD ' S DEATH which ye shew forth
every time you eat this bread and drink this wine . As ye love me , I charge you ;
as I ...
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... to keep alive in the earth the memory of that sacrifice which , through the
eternal Spirit , our High Priest offered up unto God . In a powerful appeal to the
senses , it arrests attention , and strikes with awe , while the scenes of
Gethsemane and ...
... to keep alive in the earth the memory of that sacrifice which , through the
eternal Spirit , our High Priest offered up unto God . In a powerful appeal to the
senses , it arrests attention , and strikes with awe , while the scenes of
Gethsemane and ...
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... midnight thickened upon his spirit , and wrung from him that agonizing cry , My
God , my God , why hast Thou forsaken met ! Hath he passed through the fires of
the pit to save thee ? and doth he “ stake all the glories of his crown to keep thee
...
... midnight thickened upon his spirit , and wrung from him that agonizing cry , My
God , my God , why hast Thou forsaken met ! Hath he passed through the fires of
the pit to save thee ? and doth he “ stake all the glories of his crown to keep thee
...
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Page 223 - By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Page 13 - After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come.
Page 150 - He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.
Page 272 - Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever He had a chosen people, whose breasts He has made His peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue.
Page 152 - He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 215 - Whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Page 137 - Now the God of peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to "Whom be glory for ever and ever, amen
Page 207 - ... lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him...
Page 302 - Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of Me ; and that cover with a covering, but not of My spirit, that they may add sin to sin...
Page 197 - Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe according to the working of his mighty power...
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| Title | First Ripe Fruits: being a collection of tracts; to which are added two sermons [on Isai. xxv. 7, and Acts xv. 9, compared with Gal. v. 6] ... With a short memoir of the author |
| Author | John Mitchell MASON (D.D.) |
| Publisher | R. Ogle, 1803 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 19 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 304 pages |
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