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... believe his labours to be worthy of such a distinction . His motives , in at length acceding to their request , will be best explained by the following Extracts from letters written to the Editor , within the few last months of his life ...
... believe his labours to be worthy of such a distinction . His motives , in at length acceding to their request , will be best explained by the following Extracts from letters written to the Editor , within the few last months of his life ...
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... believe that the 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 ...
... believe that the 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 ...
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... believe that it is possible for God to be of such a nature as this . We must think ( ignorant as we are of his real essence ) that there is such a harmony between his attributes , as to prevent one from contradicting , or inter- fering ...
... believe that it is possible for God to be of such a nature as this . We must think ( ignorant as we are of his real essence ) that there is such a harmony between his attributes , as to prevent one from contradicting , or inter- fering ...
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... believe . " And I receive not only from St. Paul , but from all the other writers of the Epistles , such cheering views of the mercy of God , as displayed in the sacrifice and death of Christ , that even " the gracious words which ...
... believe . " And I receive not only from St. Paul , but from all the other writers of the Epistles , such cheering views of the mercy of God , as displayed in the sacrifice and death of Christ , that even " the gracious words which ...
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... believe me , when I say that , next to my own salvation , I have nothing in the world so much at heart , as the eternal welfare of those with whom I stand connected as a minister of Jesus Christ . ( Alas , St. Paul's zeal would have led ...
... believe me , when I say that , next to my own salvation , I have nothing in the world so much at heart , as the eternal welfare of those with whom I stand connected as a minister of Jesus Christ . ( Alas , St. Paul's zeal would have led ...
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Page 82 - 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 167 - Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren : that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Page 181 - 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 134 - And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Page i - ... me to preach the gospel to the poor : he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, . .To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Page 236 - 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 422 - And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie:. but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Page 252 - But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
Page 200 - 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 19 - 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.