Christian charity explained; or, The influence of religion upon temper stated; in an exposition of the thirteenth chapter of the first Epistle to the CorinthiansWestley and Davis, 1828 - 360 pages |
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Page ix
... your spiritual ruler ; and I hope I have never attempted to lord it over God's heritage .. Our union , formed upon the principle of mutual choice , was founded upon love , and has been supported by confidence : to A 3 DEDICATION . ix.
... your spiritual ruler ; and I hope I have never attempted to lord it over God's heritage .. Our union , formed upon the principle of mutual choice , was founded upon love , and has been supported by confidence : to A 3 DEDICATION . ix.
Page xii
... God , but of the heart against his holiness ; and hence , the great purpose of redemption is to bring the whole soul ... God's dealings towards his creatures , so far as they are concerned , is their happiness happiness arises from ...
... God , but of the heart against his holiness ; and hence , the great purpose of redemption is to bring the whole soul ... God's dealings towards his creatures , so far as they are concerned , is their happiness happiness arises from ...
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... God's law ; by faith we are united to Christ , and " receive from his fulness and grace for grace ; " by faith we con- template the love of God in Christ ; by faith our conduct becomes acceptable to God through Christ . 3. This love is ...
... God's law ; by faith we are united to Christ , and " receive from his fulness and grace for grace ; " by faith we con- template the love of God in Christ ; by faith our conduct becomes acceptable to God through Christ . 3. This love is ...
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... God . We are to love God for his own sake , and men for God's sake . Our Lord has laid down this as the order and rule of our affections . We must first love God with all our heart , and soul , and mind , and then our neighbour as ...
... God . We are to love God for his own sake , and men for God's sake . Our Lord has laid down this as the order and rule of our affections . We must first love God with all our heart , and soul , and mind , and then our neighbour as ...
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... God . We love any thing more truly and properly , the more explicitly we acknowledge and love God in it ; upon ... God's natural like- ness and image - good men , of his moral holy image- we ought to love men more than the inferior ...
... God . We love any thing more truly and properly , the more explicitly we acknowledge and love God in it ; upon ... God's natural like- ness and image - good men , of his moral holy image- we ought to love men more than the inferior ...
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Page 33 - For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right...
Page 279 - Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Page 279 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice
Page 242 - But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe...
Page 164 - The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 35 - Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
Page 64 - Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Page 48 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the Prophets.
Page 3 - Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us: whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; or ministry, let us wait on our ministering; or he that teacheth, on teaching; or he that exhorteth, on exhortation. He that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; ,he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Page xxiv - 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 wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.