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... most lovely pattern of every virtue . By his death he has atoned for our fins , and fealed our reconciliation with God . He has given us , by his refurrection , a fure pledge of our own . He has led the way , by his afcenfion , to our ...
... most lovely pattern of every virtue . By his death he has atoned for our fins , and fealed our reconciliation with God . He has given us , by his refurrection , a fure pledge of our own . He has led the way , by his afcenfion , to our ...
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... most lu- minous of the two ? When God has fpo- ken , wisdom confifts in listening , with at- tentive docility , to his voice ; and under- ftanding must find its most useful and moft exalted employment in afcertaining the im- port of his ...
... most lu- minous of the two ? When God has fpo- ken , wisdom confifts in listening , with at- tentive docility , to his voice ; and under- ftanding must find its most useful and moft exalted employment in afcertaining the im- port of his ...
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... most beneficent , the most exalted ! * B I Cor . xv . 55 . t It I. SERM . It presents to our view an understanding of a Christian Preacher . 17.
... most beneficent , the most exalted ! * B I Cor . xv . 55 . t It I. SERM . It presents to our view an understanding of a Christian Preacher . 17.
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... most comprehensive and en- lightened benevolence . It presents a voice devoted to the propagation and enforcement of the most important and falutary truths . It presents a course of conduct regulated by the precepts of the gofpel ...
... most comprehensive and en- lightened benevolence . It presents a voice devoted to the propagation and enforcement of the most important and falutary truths . It presents a course of conduct regulated by the precepts of the gofpel ...
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... most lively apprehenfion of having furnish- ed you with a standard to evince my own deficiency . But , your candour will apply that measure with the charity which our re- ligion teaches both to afford and to expect , and you will ...
... most lively apprehenfion of having furnish- ed you with a standard to evince my own deficiency . But , your candour will apply that measure with the charity which our re- ligion teaches both to afford and to expect , and you will ...
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Page 46 - Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
Page 46 - Wash ye, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; "Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Page 46 - And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 325 - Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 146 - REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...
Page 423 - Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
Page 222 - According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue : Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Page 373 - For the love of money is the root of all evil : which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Page 228 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: which indeed is the least of all seeds : but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.