First Ripe Fruits: Being a Collection of Tracts; to which are Added, Two Sermons. With a Short Memoir of the Author ... |
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... reason of communicat- ing fasting on the Lord's day was a notion that no meaner food ought to enter the communi- cant's mouth before the consecrated bread and wine . The great Augustine , fpeaking of this practice , fays , " thus it ...
... reason of communicat- ing fasting on the Lord's day was a notion that no meaner food ought to enter the communi- cant's mouth before the consecrated bread and wine . The great Augustine , fpeaking of this practice , fays , " thus it ...
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... reason , as far as it went , embraced two fast - days , viz . Friday and Saturday , and even extended to all the silly penances of Lent . 3. It was alleged only by a few who com- municated but once a year , which , with the mul- titude ...
... reason , as far as it went , embraced two fast - days , viz . Friday and Saturday , and even extended to all the silly penances of Lent . 3. It was alleged only by a few who com- municated but once a year , which , with the mul- titude ...
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... reason of things , and equally tenacious of the wrong as of the right , trans- mitted them to posterity ; and that undistin- guishing habit , and the belief of the cradle , have numbered them with the ordinances of JESUS CHRIST * . When ...
... reason of things , and equally tenacious of the wrong as of the right , trans- mitted them to posterity ; and that undistin- guishing habit , and the belief of the cradle , have numbered them with the ordinances of JESUS CHRIST * . When ...
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... reason and scripture in the cry of innovation and defection ! The genius of the gospel may be violated ; the commands of Christ may be trodden under foot ; the monument of his great sacrifice pushed out of sight - but these fast and ...
... reason and scripture in the cry of innovation and defection ! The genius of the gospel may be violated ; the commands of Christ may be trodden under foot ; the monument of his great sacrifice pushed out of sight - but these fast and ...
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... reason is , that the one is in its place , and the other out of it . CHARNOCK'S contem- poraries did as we do at our communions - appoint public fasts without a providential call . Thus circumstanced , their effect is a serious comment ...
... reason is , that the one is in its place , and the other out of it . CHARNOCK'S contem- poraries did as we do at our communions - appoint public fasts without a providential call . Thus circumstanced , their effect is a serious comment ...
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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...