The Portrait of Saint Paul: Or, The True Model for Christians and Pastors. Translated from a French ManuscriptKirk & Robinson, 1804 - 426 pages |
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Page 92
... tion not only as the crucible , in which God is fre- quently pleased to purify the just , but as the last remedy to be employed for the restoration of obsti- nate sinners . Behold the reason , why the charity 92 THE PORTRAIT OF ST . PAUL .
... tion not only as the crucible , in which God is fre- quently pleased to purify the just , but as the last remedy to be employed for the restoration of obsti- nate sinners . Behold the reason , why the charity 92 THE PORTRAIT OF ST . PAUL .
Page 93
... reason , why the charity of the primitive church demanded in behalf of God , that the rod should not be spared , when the impiety of men was no longer able to be restrained by gen- tler means ; determining , that it was far better to be ...
... reason , why the charity of the primitive church demanded in behalf of God , that the rod should not be spared , when the impiety of men was no longer able to be restrained by gen- tler means ; determining , that it was far better to be ...
Page 102
... reason , than to the spirit of the Gospel . This is to oppose the propagation of the best christians , and the most faithful subjects : it is to suppose , that those per- sons , who join example to precept in the cause of virtue , and ...
... reason , than to the spirit of the Gospel . This is to oppose the propagation of the best christians , and the most faithful subjects : it is to suppose , that those per- sons , who join example to precept in the cause of virtue , and ...
Page 103
... , in such circumstances , every man , who is not obliged to marry from reasons either physical or moral , is called to imitate the example of this disinterested Apostle , from the same motives of prudence and THE PORTRAIT OF ST . PAUL .
... , in such circumstances , every man , who is not obliged to marry from reasons either physical or moral , is called to imitate the example of this disinterested Apostle , from the same motives of prudence and THE PORTRAIT OF ST . PAUL .
Page 104
... reasons . 2. The faithful , who mean to embrace the nuptial state , should be careful , on no account , to connect them . selves with any persons , except such as are re- markable for their seriousness and piety . 3. If a man is married ...
... reasons . 2. The faithful , who mean to embrace the nuptial state , should be careful , on no account , to connect them . selves with any persons , except such as are re- markable for their seriousness and piety . 3. If a man is married ...
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Page 78 - And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat : for hitherto ye were not able to bear it. Neither yet now are ye able.
Page 81 - But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter, before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
Page 66 - Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the LORD, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters saith the LORD Almighty...
Page 246 - But ye, beloved building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Page 115 - But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets : 15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
Page 70 - Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of 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 242 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words ; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know...
Page 67 - That I have great heaviness, and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for my brethren my kinsmen according to the flesh...
Page 331 - If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
Page 146 - Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.