Discourses on Various Subjects, Volume 2Wells and Lilly, 1816 |
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... folly , yet it hath in it much dan- ger ; for by that means the preacher may lead his hearers captive , and make them servants of a faction , or of a lust ; it makes them so much the less to be servants of Christ , by how much they call ...
... folly , yet it hath in it much dan- ger ; for by that means the preacher may lead his hearers captive , and make them servants of a faction , or of a lust ; it makes them so much the less to be servants of Christ , by how much they call ...
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... folly and the disease that is in envy , the anguish and tediousness that is in lust , the dishonour that is in breaking our faith and telling a lie ; and understands things truly as they are ; that is , that charity is the greatest ...
... folly and the disease that is in envy , the anguish and tediousness that is in lust , the dishonour that is in breaking our faith and telling a lie ; and understands things truly as they are ; that is , that charity is the greatest ...
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... folly and idolatry did worship the stone of imagination , that is , certain smooth images , in which , by art magick , pictures and little faces were represented , declaring hidden things and stolen goods ; and God severely forbade this ...
... folly and idolatry did worship the stone of imagination , that is , certain smooth images , in which , by art magick , pictures and little faces were represented , declaring hidden things and stolen goods ; and God severely forbade this ...
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... folly to the commands of sin . But because men deceive themselves with calling this bondage a pitiable and excusable infirmity , it will not be useless to consider the state of this question more particularly , lest men , from the state ...
... folly to the commands of sin . But because men deceive themselves with calling this bondage a pitiable and excusable infirmity , it will not be useless to consider the state of this question more particularly , lest men , from the state ...
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... folly , while another will not think ten thou- sand pounds a considerable argument to make him tell one single lie against his duty or his conscience . 4. No habitual sin , that is , no sin that returns con- stantly or frequently ; that ...
... folly , while another will not think ten thou- sand pounds a considerable argument to make him tell one single lie against his duty or his conscience . 4. No habitual sin , that is , no sin that returns con- stantly or frequently ; that ...
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Page 101 - For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge ! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
Page 244 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Page 26 - Lord, 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 74 - Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace : And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood ; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
Page 114 - Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith ; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Page 14 - Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Page 100 - But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Page 1 - But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Page 187 - For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God : and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the Gospel of God...
Page 430 - The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: 10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government.